Stories from Wednesday, March 23, 2011

March 2 Felicia C. Butler, Nevada, driving while intoxicated. March 8 Kristopher R. Cox, Nevada, failure to transfer plates. March 9 Debra K. Barlow, El Dorado Springs, Mo., speeding 29/15. Chelsey J. Johnson, Nevada, speeding 27/15. Kara D. Manes, Nevada, no child restraint...

EL DORADO SPRINGS -- For the third time in six years, the El Dorado Springs Optimist Club is raising money for a little girl with a brain tumor. Sponsoring a Saturday morning pancake breakfast and Saturday night wrestling show, the organization plans to be as successful for 2-year-old Lanie Watkins as it was for Khloie Farran and Haleigh Ridgway...

The Missouri Department of Conservation is holding workshops statewide to gather hunter ideas about the timing of duck season and where waterfowl hunting zone boundaries should be located. Workshops are scheduled for the state's west central region from 7 to 9 p.m. at the following locations:...

Effective March 16, 92 counties in Missouri will have Farm Service Agency disaster loans available due to severe winter storm with blizzard conditions and excessive snow which occurred Feb. 1 and 2. Barton, Bates, Jasper and Vernon County applications for assistance for physical and production losses caused by this disaster will be accepted at the FSA Office at 102 W. Allison, Nevada, MO 64772. Applications for this disaster will be accepted through Nov. 16, 2011...

State Treasurer Clint Zweifel opens up 1,200 new safe deposit boxes containing jewelry, coins, military medals and more.

Everett Periman of Nevada presents Shirley Rainey of the Nevada R-5 Foundation a check for $100,000 on Monday. The money is for scholarships for Nevada High School students. This contribution is the second time Periman has given $100,000 to the foundation and Periman said he gave the money because "I believe in education for our young people." Periman also said it means a lot to him to be able to help. ...

The 2011 street construction program has been finalized and the infrastructure committee is already looking at the 2012 projects, JD Kehrman, city manager, told the city council during a special meeting last night when they voted 4-0, with Sherry Steward abstaining, to adopt Resolution No. 1312 confirming the 2011 street sales tax projects. Steward abstained because she lives on one of the streets to be rebuilt this year...