Stories from Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Barbara Jean Marlow Irwin was born May 1, 1949, in Liberal, Mo., to Joseph D. and Leone New Marlow. She passed away unexpectedly following an aortic valve replacement surgery at St. John's Medical Center, in Springfield, on Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. Known to her family as Jeanie, she grew up in the Hume and Nevada communities and graduated from Bronaugh R-VII High School. ...

Terry Wayne Hill, 58, Nevada, passed away Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009, at Medicalodge of Nevada, following a lengthy illness. He was born Jan. 1, 1951, in Nevada, to Elmer Daniel Hill and Elizabeth Loretta Hallam Hill. He was married Oct. 8, 1980, in Nevada, to Shirley Hood and she preceded him in death Nov. 3, 2008...

Aug. 6 Claud B. Markham Sr., Nevada, no current vaccination for dog, and no dog tag. Aug. 9 James L. Cornell Jr., Nevada, no proof of insurance. Aug. 11 Stephanie Jo Bailey, Rich Hill, no child restraint. Travis D. Beisley, Nevada, expired license plates...

Aug. 20 There were reports of a domestic dispute in the Nevada area, a petty theft in the Nevada area, a four-wheeled ATV in the Montevallo area, a traffic stop in the Nevada area, a stranded motorist in the Compton Junction area, a burglary alarm in the Nevada area, a controlled burn in the Nevada area, a traffic hazard in the Nevada area, debris in the roadway in the Richards area, a tree in the roadway in the Nevada area, and a mentally unstable individual in the Nevada area,...

A free workshop pertaining to the Missouri Sunshine Law will be held on Thursday, Aug. 27 at 3:30 p.m., in the home economics building at the Vernon County fairgrounds in Nevada. The one-hour class will be conducted by Tom Durkin, public education director for the Missouri Attorney General's Office. The event is open to the public, along with all interested elected officials and members of boards and commissions...

JEFFERSON CITY -- The latest edition of one of the state's most popular publications, the state highway map, is hot off the press and available to the public at no charge. The 2010-'12 map shows the addition of about 90 miles of four-lane highway to the state's system. ...

The investigation into the July 15 shooting death of Belinda Beisly is still very open and very active. The Vernon County Sheriff's Office and Missouri State Highway Patrol are "still interviewing and still doing polygraphs," according to Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman. The Missouri State Water Patrol has been brought into the investigation...