Stories from Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Jesse E. Murray Sr., 71, resident of the Strang, Okla., area, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010, at his home. He was born March 20, 1939, in Kansas City, Mo. His parents, Ray Murray and Helen (Cook) Murray, preceded him in death. Jesse attended school in Liberal, Mo., and spent most of his adult life in Nevada, Mo., working as a supervisor at the 3M Company until his retirement in 1999...

Virginia C. Nash, 68, Nevada, died on Nov. 13, 2010, at Nevada Regional Medical Center 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...

October 21 11:04 a.m.: An accident occurred at Business 71 and Allison Street involving a car driven by Vickie S. Koehn, Walker, Mo., and a pickup driven by Ernest L. Taylor, El Dorado Springs, Mo. No injuries were reported. Stephanie Keith, El Dorado Springs, reported a petty theft in the 700 block of East Highland Avenue. Item stolen was a wallet with miscellaneous contents...

October 31 Jesse W. Taylor, Nevada, expired license plate. Gregory W. Tiggs, Dalhart, Texas, speeding 43/30. November 2 Sue E. Hughes, Nevada, expired license plate. Robert H. Cole, Nevada, no proof of insurance, following too closely. Stephen C. Parker, Holden, Mo., speeding 48/30...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The future of the Nevada TeleCenter is uncertain after last week's announcement that the Missouri University Extension will end its role in the 15-year-old statewide TeleCenter Network partnership next year. Janice Collins, Nevada TeleCenter director, said that administrators are getting ready to meet with MU Extension on Dec. 6 to discuss how the process will work...

The holiday season is fast approaching and with it come unscrupulous characters who are "looking to steal something to give that special someone," said Nevada Police Sgt. Jeff Baker, in a recent presentation to members of the Nevada/Vernon County Area Chamber of Commerce...

After several meetings with little business to transact, the Nevada City Council will be looking at a number of measures during tonight's meeting, including the second reading of a special ordinance approving an option to purchase four tracts of property in the 300 block of West Cherry St...

Crowder College-Nevada Introduction to Theatre class will present "Alabama Rain" for one performance only on Thursday, at the Nevada Fox Theater, at 7:30 p.m. Free admission. Rated PG-13, the comedy, written by Heather McCutchen, has a cast of five sisters from the LaDean family in Cullman, Ala. ...

How does a club stay together for 65 years holding meetings six mornings per week? Rules! Actually, one rule which is -- there are no rules, or by-laws, or officers and no programs. Come and go as you please. This simple principle has been guiding the 9 a.m. Coffee Club since October of 1945 when local boys started returning from World War II...