Stories from Friday, January 15, 2010

Terry K. (T.K.) Arthur, age 59, of Carthage, Mo., passed away at 6:01 p.m., on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, at Freeman West Hospital, after courageously battling through being a kidney transplant recipient and a cancer patient. He was born on July 20, 1950, in Nevada. ...

Gladys Jean Claypool, 98, Richards, Mo., died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, at her residence following a brief illness. She was born March 27, 1911, in Vernon County to Eugene Ransom and Agnes Hall Ransom. She was married May 5, 1929, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Robert W. Claypool and he preceded her in death Jan. 11, 1993...

Merrill Mahloch, 83, of Nevada, died on Jan. 12, 2010, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. He was a retired minister. Funeral services will be held today, at 2 p.m., at the Bible Baptist Church, just east of Nevada, on U.S. 54 Highway. Visitation will be today, from 1 p.m., until the time of service at the church. Burial will be in Click Cemetery, in Nevada, Mo...

Jan. 12 There were reports of a trespassing in the Vernon County area, a vehicle accident in the Vernon County area, a request to speak with an officer in the Vernon County area, 15 paper services in the Nevada area, a stranded motorist in the Vernon County area, a juvenile in the Bronaugh area, and two controlled burns in the Vernon County area...

The 2010 city of Nevada dog licenses are now on sale at the Nevada Police Department, 120 S. Ash. The licenses are on sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. City code requires that every person owning, keeping, harboring or permitting a dog to remain on premises, of six months of age, shall register and secure a license for such dog. In order to obtain a city dog license, you must provide a current rabies vaccination certificate...

A break in a water line in Kansas has caused problems for the Hume schools. School was closed Thursday and again today because not enough water is available. Thursday Superintendent David Quick said the school was forced to shut down because the tower that serves the town did not have enough water in it to guarantee there would be enough to run all day Friday...

Local students interested in going to college next fall should begin thinking about how to pay for the ever higher cost of higher education right now. A number of different options for keeping the cost of college from breaking the bank exist for local students...