Stories from Tuesday, November 2, 2010

A crowd gathered at the Vernon County Democrats headquarters on Austin Boulevard, Nevada, on Sunday, to show their support for U.S. Senate candidate Robin Carnahan as she stopped by for a short time on a last-minute campaign tour with stops in the nearby towns of Butler and Joplin. ...

"Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project" a book penned by Jack Mayer, is now available. The book shares the heart-warming story of the courageous Holocaust rescuer, Irena Sendler, and the Kansas kids who discovered her. This work includes 378 pages and photographs...

For the first time ever, Missouri's Share the Harvest program will have the capacity to process up to 10,000 deer this season and provide that venison to families in need, thanks to a partnership between Gov. Jay Nixon, the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Conservation Federation of Missouri, and local food banks...

Patrick Byers, University of Missouri Extension Horticulture Specialist, will be teaching a workshop on getting started in berry production on Nov. 12 in Rich Hill, at the First Christian Church, 300 E. Walnut, From 9 a.m. to noon the workshop will meet at the church. ...

This picture of the building in the 300 block of West Cherry Street, was taken prior to 1915, according to Thomas Rose, Columbia, who submitted the photo via e-mail, after seeing a story in the Nevada Daily Mail about the demolition of the building last week. ...

A federal judge has ordered the trial date of suspended Nevada postmaster Dennis Henry to be reset for May 23, 2011. Judge Robert E. Larsen, of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, set the May trial date after a string of motions and scheduling conflicts were brought up by attorneys representing other defendants charged in connection with a sex trafficking conspiracy...

Community members from Lamar, surrounding cities turn out in huge numbers to show support for family of soldier who died serving in Iraq.

Florence Irene Jeffries, 77, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, in Joplin, Mo., following a lengthy illness. She was born Feb. 22, 1933, in Pine Apple, Ala., to Jesse Clinton Richards and Eula Bell Hayes Richards. She married John Martin Jeffries on June 25, 1950, in Lucedale, Miss., and he preceded her in death on Nov. 5, 2007...

October 12 Michael Hall was arrested for probation violation. No bond. Joana Bogart was arrested for failure to appear. Bond is $112. Kara Miles was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. No bond. John Howell was arrested for resisting arrest, tampering with a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of an accident, domestic assault, and peace disturbance. Bond is $12,800...

Dear Editor: I am writing in response to comments made on the Daily Mail's Web site by "Concerned." My daughter wrote a letter to the editor about the NEVC school issue, that was in the Oct. 27 edition of the paper. We have raised a very intelligent, mature and independent young lady that I am extremely proud of. At almost 18 years of age, she has opinions of her own and is not afraid to express them. She knows very well that you do not share her opinion, she did not ask you to...

A local resident informed me that the new playground equipment had recently been installed, so as a reporter I headed to the park to get a picture. It was about 4 p.m., school was out, so I was hoping to find some kids playing. It would make for a good picture. But when I got there, the only children in the park were on an old merry-go-round...