Stories from Friday, January 28, 2011

Wilma "Shorty" Lincoln, 90, of Lamar, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at the Barton County Memorial Hospital in Lamar. Services will be Saturday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m., at the First Christian Church in Lamar, with burial in the Lake Cemetery in Lamar. Visitation will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon, prior to the services, also at the church...

January 10 Stephanie Bailey was arrested for failure to appear. Bond is $1,500. Joshua Maxon was released for time served. Stephanie Bailey was released on $1,500 bond. Jail population: Total census, 50; state, 8; Vernon County Re-entry program, 4; Bates County, 2; Barton County, 1; and El Dorado Springs, 1...

The Patriot Flag, a 30-by-58-foot, 60-pound United States flag crossing the country in a tour of remembrance of those connected to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, is scheduled to arrive and be flown in Nevada on Jan. 31, at the First Christian Church parking lot at Austin and Washington. ...

Registration is under way for Missouri Master Gardener training at the Nevada TeleCenter, to be conducted March 1 through May 24. Classes will be conducted with interactive television and Internet, connecting several sites in Missouri. According to a press release from the University of MIssouri Extension, master gardeners are people who want to learn more about plants and gardening; are eager to participate in 39 hours of practical and intensive training. ...

Youth theater production will raise funds for scholarships

Seven candidates are vying for two seats on the Nevada City Council. The Nevada Daily Mail posed identical questions to each candidate. Due to space considerations, not all of their answers could be included in one issue. Profiles of four randomly selected candidates will be published today, and profiles of the other three were published in the Thursday, Jan. 27, edition of the Nevada Daily Mail. In a Feb. 8 primary election, Nevada voters will narrow the field to four candidates.