Stories from Tuesday, June 23, 2009

June 8 5:45 a.m., Highway E, 1/2 mile west of NN Highway, extrication. 9:22 p.m., 320 E. Allison, unauthorized burning. June 9 9:25 a.m., 400 W. Lee, public education program. 2:20 p.m., city wide, tornado warning. June 12 3:24 a.m., Nevada Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 320 E. ...

June 16 An accident occurred at 6:01 p.m., on Austin and Prewitt, involving a pickup driven by Joan E. Sander, of Moundville, and a pickup driven by Delores J. Cliffman, of Bronaugh. No injuries were reported. June 17 An accident occurred at 2:16 p.m., on Osage and Hickory, involving a motor home driven by Roger L. Willis, Ukiah, Calif., and a car driven by Yun H. Ying, of Nevada. No injuries were reported...

May 31 Michelle D. Clay, Nevada, speeding 40/30, and driving while intoxicated. June 9 Mathew Clay Hevel, Hackett, Ark., speeding 50/40. Robert V. Jadiot IV, Nevada, driving while suspended, and no proof of insurance. June 10 Joseph R. Cox, Jerico Springs, Mo., expired operator's license...

June 16 There were reports of trash dumping in the Nevada area, a check well being in the Milo area, a domestic disturbance in the Sheldon area, an ex parte violation in the Walker area, a civil matter in the Vernon County area, a missing dog in the Moundville area, a stranded motorist in the Nevada area, harassment in the Nevada area, an extra patrol in the El Dorado Springs area, goats out in the Moundville area, theft in the Nevada area, a harassment in the Nevada area, vicious dog in the Moundville area, an alarm in the Nevada area, a vehicle accident in the Nevada area, and a structure fire in the Nevada area.. ...

The Nevada Red Sox AA team took on McDonald County in a home doubleheader on Saturday, hoping to get back on the winning track after a 17-7 defeat at the hands of Neosho in their last home contest. The Red Sox lost the first game against McDonald County 21-14 in a high scoring affair. ...

Nevada High School Principal Bryan Thomsen has tendered his resignation effective immediately. Citing a professional opportunity to good not to take as his reason for leaving, Thomsen has accepted the superintendent's position at the North Callaway R-1 School District, located about 20 miles east of Columbia, Mo...

Vernon County Ambulance Director James McKenzie is concerned that calls to the district are not going through properly and worries that calls are getting dropped since the change-over to the new dispatch center. "The (417) 667-5070 number is not working correctly right now and I'm just worried that someone might not get the help they need, when they need it," McKenzie said. ...

The Nevada City Council will be giving final consideration to a six month extension to Harlan Moore's contract as interim city manager; this will extend his contract until June 1, 2010, unless Moore and the city agree to extend it further. Under the terms of the contract, if the city council hires a permanent city manager before June 1, Moore has agreed to terminate his employment no more than 30 days after the new city manager started work...

The author of a new urban thriller has ties to Nevada. Attica Locke wrote the newly released suspense novel, "Black Water Rising." Locke is the wife of Karl Fenske, who graduated from Nevada High School in 1989 according to his father, Al Fenske, who seemed a little wobbly on details...

It's hot! Heat index values in our area are over 100 degrees -- brought on by high humidity from plenty of moisture in the area from last week's storms. Today's forecast is for 96 degrees; with conditions similar to Monday's. That means take care -- the very young and senior citizens are particularly susceptible to heat-related illness, according to the American Red Cross...

The Race Across America, a 3,000-mile bicycle trek across the country from Oceanside, Calif., to Annapolis, Md., -- a grueling, saliva-sucking contest that takes just nine days -- has wheeled it's way to the Midwest, and on Monday, a rented RV and one of the two "sag-vans" belonging to one of the participating teams pulled over into the Wood's Supermarket parking lot in Nevada...