Stories from Friday, December 10, 2010

Shirley Ann Wait, 78, Nevada, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada following a lengthy illness. She was born Aug. 3, 1932, in Moundville, Mo., to William Carl Thompson and Gladys Pryor Thompson. She married Louis M. Wait Jr. (a.k.a Junior) on June 24, 1951, in Moundville, Mo., and he survives of the home...

November 24 Crystal Lake was released for time served. Jerry Henderson was released on $5,000 bond. John Scifers was released to Stone County. Thomas Peacock was released on $5,000 bond. Shaun Walton was released for time served. Fedrico Navarro was released to I.C.E...

A clearer vison of where the Nevada Habilitation Center might end up when its three-year cost-cutting program is completed in 2013 is emerging. In August, state officials held a town hall meeting outlining a plan to move some of the Hab Center's residents to other faciities while others would be relocated to ISLs -- some of which would have to be constructed or created by repurposing existing homes -- in the area...

It was quite a sight; 19 first grade students quietly sitting cross-legged on their Bryan Elementary School classroom floor and listening intently to Rep. Barney Fisher as he told them a little bit about a man named Floyd McComas. He told them that McComas, 101, of Nevada is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, living World War II POW in the United States...

Words of caring excerpted from an essay by Rachel Scott, the first student killed in the Columbine school massacre that took place at Columbine High School, Littleton, Colo., April 20, 1999, are at the crux of Rachel's Challenge, a school assembly program aimed at promoting acts and words of kindness over prejudice and bullying. The program was presented twice on Wednesday, first in an assembly for students, and later that evening in a presentation meant for parents and community members...