Stories from Tuesday, December 28, 2010

December 10 7:55 a.m.: An accident occurred at 201 W. Austin Blvd., involving a pickup driven by Bodi B. Vaughn, Moundville, Mo., and a car driven by Angela A. Moore, Nevada. No injuries were reported. 11:10 a.m.: A one-vehicle accident occurred at Highland and Elm streets when a car driven by William T. Hadden, Nevada, left the roadway and struck a telephone junction box. No injuries were reported...

Michael Lee Beattie, 54, passed away suddenly Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010, at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, Mo. He was born Nov. 7, 1956, to Joe Arthur Beattie and Kathryn Louise Schroeder Beattie in Tulsa, Okla. He married Penny Jo Anna Laflen on Dec. 28, 1979, in Moundville, Mo...

Carl Leslie Beerbower, 78, resident of Fort Scott and local barber for 55 years, died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, at Mercy Health Center. Following cremation, Rev. Chuck Russell will conduct funeral services at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 29, in the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in U.S. National Cemetery with Military Honors conducted by the Olson Frary Burkhart Post No. 1165 V.F.W...

One of the most bizarre crime stories of any year got national attention in January 2010 with the arrests of four local men in the alleged shooting of a north Vernon County man and the abduction of a New Jersey man who was finally freed upon catching the attention of a Lake Ozark convenience store clerk...

February was a month of blistering cold, play performances and members of the community uniting to help those in need. With the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti still fresh in people's minds worldwide, local churches rallied together to collect health kits to donate for relief in the aftermath of the natural disaster. ...

The first half of the month of March was filled with a number of significant events in Nevada. The month got off to a quick start when Tom "Dr. Cue" Rossman visited the Osage Prairie YMCA on March 2. Rossman is one of the founding fathers of the sport of artistic pool and trick shooting and thanks to Frank Briscoe, a long-time friend of Rossman's and a local business owner and pool enthusiast, came to Nevada to showcase his talents while also providing a bit of comic relief throughout his routine.. ...

Just two traffic fatalities were reported during the Missouri State Highway Patrol's counting period for Christmas 2010 -- the lowest number of fatalities in the 78-hour counting period used by the law enforcement agency in since the patrol began keeping such statistics in 1978. During two years, 1996 and 2002, there were only one and two fatalities, respectively. However, those counting periods totaled only 30 hours...

The end of the fall semester in the Nevada High School Industrial Technology class of Brian Leonard was the end of a month-long race to the finish line. Actually, the race was to the bottom; the bottom of student constructed roller coasters. In the end, 4th hour students Devion Leavell, Braydon Nickell and Michael Roof bested 43 of their fellow students with an average time of 77.746 seconds with the roller coaster named Rollerball. ...