Stories from Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Meghan and Abel Miranda, and Anna Marie, of Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Jovani Alexis Lazaro Miranda. Jovani was born at 8:19 a.m., May 5, 2011, at Neavda Regional Medical Center, Nevada. He weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 19.5 inches. Maternal grandparents are Diana and Jose Miranda, Nevada. Maternal great-grandparent is Donna Spencer, Nevada; maternal great-great-grandparent is Marjorie Spencer, Nevada...

Kevin and Holly Triplett and Logan, of Grand Junction, Colo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Jessica Marie. Jessica was born April 19, 2011. She weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 20 inches. Maternal grandparents are Darrell and Chris Freeman of Longmont, Colo., and John and Debbie Showalter of Galesburg, Ill. Paternal grandparents are Gary and Barbara Rodieck of Nevada, and Robert Triplett of Portland, Mo...

Joe Clinton Kraft died April 10, 2011, at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Ark. He was born on Jan. 23, 1924, in Nevada, to parents Henry and Pauline Farmer Kraft. His parents; a brother, Henry Kraft Jr.; and a sister, Nancy Kraft, preceded him in death. He graduated from Nevada High School in 1941 and from KU in 1948...

In Nevada and throughout the nation, the National Association of Letter Carriers will stage its 17th Annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive Saturday. U.S. Postal Service Officer in Charge Mary Nunnaley said interested Southwest Missourians should take their spare non-perishable foodstuffs to the local Post Office Saturday morning, leave them outside for their letter carriers that day or bring them in at any time next week...

The Nevada City Council will be holding a special meeting at 5:30 this afternoon in the council chambers in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash St. to consider a special ordinance setting a special election on Aug. 2, 2011. The election would be for the purpose of asking Nevada residents to approve making the city's existing 1/2 cent parks and recreation tax permanent and to "use the sales tax monies collected for the improvement, operations, and maintenance of local parks of the city, and deposit all funds collected each year to the Parks Fund solely for these purposes.". ...

A total of 106 units of blood were collected during the two-day American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit in Nevada on May 5 and 6. On Wednesday, May 4, the Bloodmobile visited the 3M plant with 34 units being collected. Earlier in the week a bloodmobile visited Crowder College and Bronaugh High School...

Joe Sunthimer watches as Jeremy (center) and Enos Davis jockey a Twister Safe storm shelter into its final position on the back porch of the 12th Habitat for Humanity house built in Nevada. The Twister Safe company is based in Neosho, Mo.; and this is the second storm shelter they have provided for a Habitat house at their cost. ...

Five people from France and a student from Thailand visit Vernon County.

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail In a stunning victory Tuesday afternoon the Nevada Tigers came scored nine runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to come from behind to beat the McDonald County Mustangs 11-9 and give them some momentum heading into the first round of the district baseball tournament on Saturday afternoon...