Stories from Friday, March 25, 2011

March 5 Deborah Higgins was arrested for assault. Bond is $5,000. Bruce Brooks was arrested for domestic assault. Bond is $10,000. Marshall Sutcliffe was released for time served. Bruce Brooks was released on $10,000 bond. Jail population: Total census, 72; state, 8; Vernon County Re-entry program, 2; Bates County, 7; Cedar County, 6; Barton County, 1; and St. Francios County, 1...

Editor's note: This report contains information of a sexual nature some readers might find disturbing. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that Dennis Henry, 51, of Wheatland, formerly the postmaster of Nevada, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to his role in a sex-trafficking conspiracy in which a young, mentally deficient woman was coerced into being a sex slave for several years while she was tortured in a trailer home located in a wooded area in Lebanon, Mo.. ...

Registration continues for a six-week series of free, creative movement classes for children in grades K-3 offered through Cottey College in partnership with the Nevada Parks and Recreation Department. Please note the class dates have changed, and the first class will now begin on April 4...

Next week, a special community-wide challenge begins in Nevada. Known as the Wellness Challenge. Developed by Samantha Gilmore, wellness director at the Osage Prairie YMCA, the program is similar in some ways to The Biggest Loser. Participants in the free challenge, which begins March 28, earn points by losing weight and taking part in a wide variety of activities they select and log, ranging from exercise to family time to community service. ...

Most American hospitals have been slow to get thoroughly computerized, but Nevada Regional Medical Center has gotten ahead of the curve with a $2 million system giving nurses, doctors and other professionals the newest in medical technology. Starting in late 2008, NRMC has partnered with the multinational Massachusetts-based firm Meditech to replace its old paper system and provide instant access throughout the hospital to the pharmacy, radiology department, laboratory, respiratory therapy, registration and billing.. ...