Stories from Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Albert Jacob Hauf, 85, Nevada, died on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, at Christian Health Care in Nevada. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Robert L. "Bob" Knapp, 76, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, at his home in Nevada following a lengthy illness. He was born April 11, 1933, in Leeds, Mo., to Roy Clarence Knapp and Edna Fay Ankeny Knapp. He was preceded in death by his first wife Evelyn Jones in 1971. He married Sharon A. Howell on Oct. 12, 1971, in Miami, Okla., and she survives of the home...

Jan. 22 A vehicle theft was reported in the1300 block of north Osage, made by RS Sales, of Nevada. A 1982 Jeep was reported stolen. The owner located the vehicle in Nevada. The case is still under investigation. Jan. 23 An accident occurred at 3:46 p.m., on U.S. ...

Jan. 16 8:26 a.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center 12:15 p.m., transfer, Freeman, Joplin. 12:43 p.m., refusal of care, no transport. 2:13 p.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center. 2:30 p.m., refusal of care, no transport. 3:27 p.m., mutual aid, no transport...

The Women's, Infants' and Children's Program and the Nevada R-5 Parents As Teachers Program are sponsoring a community kids' fair for all families in Vernon County during the month of February at the W.I.C. Office at the Vernon County Health Department. There will be two dates for this event, Feb. 4 and 23, 8 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m...

Students at Northeast Vernon County schools are participating in a statewide humanitarian effort that will help Haitian children suffering in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake. The school is partnering with the Missouri Department of Education and the convoy of Hope, a non-profit organization based in Springfield, Mo., to collect "Kits4Kids," consisting of an assortment of personal hygiene products...

Starting on March 1, Nevada will have a new, permanent city manager. The Nevada City Council announced on Monday that, after a five-month search, they have hired J.D. Kehrman as Nevada's city manager to fill the vacancy left when Bill McGuire resigned for unspecified reasons in late November 2008...

Debbie Bossaller says she is a domestic engineer, living in Nevada. What experience do you have that makes you the best person to fill this city council seat? Back when I first moved here I did not think that I was informed enough to seek a seat on the city council. ...

Little did she know when she applied for a scholarship through America's Homecoming Queen Victoria Ireland would be invited to participate in two exciting events. Victoria, is the daughter of Jodee and Steve Mashek, and John Ireland of Richards and Nevada High School's 2009 Homecoming Queen. She applied for a scholarship before she found out AHQ shares the list of entrants with the Liberty Bowl Football committee, also based in Memphis, Tenn...

"I was very pleased with the way we started the game." Any fan of Nevada Lady Tigers basketball who was present for the first round of the Nevada Classic tournament Tuesday night would have echoed the words of head coach Brent Bartlett as his Lady Tigers cruised to an easy win over the Lady Eagles of Joplin. ...

The Nevada Tigers varsity basketball team finally got a taste of what it's like to play with a full roster Tuesday night as they opened the 11th annual Nevada Tiger and Lady Tiger Classic against the Knights of Kansas City Southeast High School. The Tigers have battled illness and injury all season long, but were finally able to get all of their players on the floor at the same time as all three of their injured players were finally cleared for action...

Trenda McClaughry gathered with members of her family, as well as current and future coaches on Jan. 21, to sign a letter of intent to run track at Cowley County Community College. Front row: Bart McClaughry, Trenda McClaughry and Lynn McClaughry. Back row: Coach Charles Kellogg, track coach Vince DeGrado of Cowley County College and Brian Thomas, Rich Hill track coach and athletic director...