Stories from Thursday, April 15, 2010

Elizabeth Bird and Mike Clemmons, of Nevada, and siblings Whitney, Kannon and Alexxis are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Braxxtin Paul Clemmons. Braxxtin was born at 10:52 p.m., on April 6, 2010, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 20 1/2 inches...

Norma Lee Armstrong, 84, Jefferson City, Mo., formerly of Nevada, passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at Heisinger Bluffs Care Center in Jefferson City. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 17, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, with pastor David Rorabaugh officiating. Interment will follow in Antioch Cemetery in Nevada...

The excitement is building as the Lighthouse Children's Theatre in El Dorado Springs prepares for their much anticipated Second Annual Lighthouse Gala, "Springtime in Paris." Tickets are selling quickly, and Lynne Hedrick, executive director, believes the reason behind such a healthy response is most likely the celebrities headlining this year's event. The theme for the event is "Dreams Come True."...

The 3M Foundation has donated $250.00 to the Greater Ozarks Chapter-American Red Cross- Nevada office, in recognition of Max Wagner's commitment to the community. Max Wagner has donated many hours to the local American Red Cross. He is a Disaster Action Team leader in Vernon County and serves as the person on call many weeks each year. He has assisted many families this past year who have suffered losses due to a house fire or other disaster...

JEFFERSON CITY, --The Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced today that the city of Joplin, a Certified Local Government, will receive a $6,500 grant through the federal Historic Preservation Fund. The city will use the grant to complete a National Register of Historic Places nomination for a small commercial district in the 800 and 900 blocks of South Main Street in Joplin...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Three Webb City, Mo., men have been indicted by a federal grand jury on several charges relating to participating in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine that involved importing a key ingredient, pseudoephedrine, from Thailand; according to a press release from Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- On Wednesday, Department of Public Safety Director John M. Britt took part in a solemn ceremony in the Missouri Capitol Rotunda that honored the three Missouri firefighters who died in the line of duty during 2009. "These firefighters represented the very best of Missouri's fire service," said Director Britt. ...

Lynda Foster is similar in many ways to the members of the Nevada Rotary Club she spoke with on April 1 -- they work hard and take pride in providing a quality product to their customers. But unlike the typical local business, Foster's most important asset is cows. ...

The Missouri Department of Agriculture has announced that payment has been made in full to Prairie Pride, Inc. customers who delivered soybeans to the facility but were not paid upon delivery. In February, Prairie Pride, Inc. became financially unable to meet its obligations forcing the Department of Agriculture to suspend the company's grain license and secure assets necessary to protect Missouri farmers. ...

As they work through just their second year together, the Cottey College Comets are no strangers to underdog status. That status is rarely a more accurate depiction of a matchup the Comets are faced with that Wednesday afternoon when the Red Devils of Allen County Community College rolled into Bushwhacker Field...

The Nevada Tigers golf team hit the greens once again as they traveled to Crestwood Country Club for the Pittsburg Invitational tournament Tuesday. Of the 11 teams in attendance for the tournament, the Tigers finished ninth with an overall team score of 411. The Panthers of St. Mary's Colgan Catholic School won the tournament with a final total of 336...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada R-5 School District is expecting to have about 550 students enrolled in summer school this year, Tyson Beshore, R-5 assistant superintendent, told the R-5 School board during Wednesday's monthly meeting at Truman Elementary School...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail William J. Barger appeared in a Vernon County courtroom Thursday, looking thinner, older, and paler than he did in his first court appearance before Associate Circuit Judge Neal Quitno on Jan 13, after he was arrested in connection with the Jan. 8 kidnapping of New Jersey pet food dealer Jeffrey Muller and the Nov. 9, 2009, home invasion of Charles Scammell in rural Vernon County...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Dangerous Doug Harper has been busy, getting ready for the Brewer and Shipley concert Saturday at Shooter's. Harper said he was proud that such a well-known act would come to a small venue like Nevada but Michael Brewer, who now lives outside of Branson, said the phenomenon is growing...

Special to the Daily Mail A faint sound can be heard in the distance. It's the sound of a siren and as it approaches your location, you can hear it clearer. As it comes into view, you recognize it as an emergency response crew. As they pass your location, you know they are answering the call of those in need. ...

Norma Lee Howell Brown Armstrong, 84, of Jefferson City, Mo., formerly of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at Heisinger Bluffs in Jefferson City, Mo. She was born Dec. 31, 1925, in Clinton, Mo. to James Howell and Mabel Gray. Norma lived her early years in Nevada, and was a 1943 graduate of Nevada High School. ...

Danny (Boone) Maus, of Schell City, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 12, 2010, at Freeman West Hospital, in Joplin, after struggling with health problems since 1993. Danny was born Aug. 8, 1949, in Centerville, Iowa, the son of Claude David and Mary Ellen (Davis) Maus. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The freshmen and sophomores of the Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers track team competed at the Joplin 9-10 meet on Tuesday and brought home some strong individual performances. Baily Jones took fourth in the discus with a distance of 75 feet even. Ashley Shumaker had a very strong day, bringing home third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 18.5 seconds, fourth in the 300 hurdles in 57.5 seconds and third in high jump at 4-10...