Stories from Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Everett A. Dennis, 83, Topeka, Kan., passed away Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, at Stormont-Vail Hospital. Everett was the son of the late Allen and Bonnie (Plummber) Dennis of Nevada. He attended Nevada High School and Warren College in Kansas City, Mo. He served in the Navy during World War II. He was employed at KP&L for 42 years as a line foreman...

Heather Bechtle and Daniel Graham, of Nevada, and big brother Justice, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Daemein Joseph Graham. Daemein was born at 8:23 a.m., on Jan. 29, 2010, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces, and measured 21 incehs...

Kathleen Lorenz and Jered McKay, Fort Scott and big brother Silas, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Naomi Mari McKay. Naomi was born at 3:22 p.m.,on Dec. 16, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces, and measured 22 inches in length...

Darth and Eric Coatney, of Yuma, Ariz., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Chase William Coatney. Chase was born on Dec. 8, 2009, at Yuma Regional Medical Center. He weighed 6 pounds. Paternal grandparents are Kathy and Roy Yokley, of Bronaugh. Paternal great-grandparents is Katherine Baldus, of Buckner, Mo...

From Oprah to Jon Stewart, texting while driving is a topic that is garnering a lot of national attention. With five bills making their way through the Missouri legislature, texting while driving could be a thing of the past in Missouri. A new campaign will remind Missourians to keep their hands off their phones and on the wheel...

The Nevada High School Soundsational Signers and Treble Effects show choirs will conduct their annual sing-a-gram fundraiser for Valentine's Day on Feb. 12. Orders can be placed by contacting Wes Morton at Nevada High School, at (417) 448-2038 or Jeanna Brauer at (417) 667-8023. Choir students also will have order forms available...

Today, voters will go to the polls to decide which two of the four candidates vying for a lone seat on the Nevada City Council will face off in the April election. Debbie Bossaller, Sonya Tumm, Myron Damon and James McKenzie have all filed for the seat. Two will be eliminated by voters today...

The Nevada City Council will have a short agenda for tonight's meeting, including the first reading of an employment contract with John Kehrman, Nevada's new city manager. Kehrman will start work in Nevada on March 1. Other items on the council's agenda include the first readings of two proposed ordinances: a special ordinance approving a change order for the new community center involving additional electrical outlets in the game room and covers for some of the sprinkler heads in the building, and a special ordinance approving the transfer of the city's Global Software license to the Western Missouri 9-1-1 Dispatch Center.. ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation is once again hosting Eagle Day activities at the Schell-Osage Conservation Area on Saturday, Feb. 6. Conservation staff will be there to welcome and introduce Springfield's Dickerson Park Zoo staff, who will bring very special visitors to the area. Omega, a Bald Eagle, and Aquila, a Golden Eagle, will both be there for close viewing. Programs begin at the headquarters and will run every hour, on the hour, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m...

Democratic supporters, many of whom worked on the successful Obama presidential campaign, gathered in the pavilion at Marmaduke on Saturday, Jan. 30, to welcome and show support for Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan in her upcoming race for the United States Senate...

Bryan Elementary is holding a read-a-thon between Feb. 1 and Feb. 22 to get students to read more, raise some money for supplies at Bryan and to have some fun in the process. "The goal is to encourage children to read, or be read to, 100 minutes per week over the three week period," Brandy Duncan, Bryan PTO vice president, said...

Nevada Daily Mail The need for health kits in Haiti is immediate. In the face of natural disasters, violence, or poverty, these kits can mean the difference between sickness and health for struggling families. The United Methodist Committee On Relief Depot in Baldwin, La., has 68,000 health kits in their inventory. They expect 30,000 more in the next few days. They will send health kits as soon as they receive the authorization from Haiti...