Stories from Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Charles D. Cook, 55, Nevada, died on Saturday, May 21, 2011, at Freeman Hospital West, Joplin, Mo. No services are planned. Local arrangements are under the direction of Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

B.D. Dickbreder, 85, of Schell City, Mo., died Monday, May 23, 2011, at his home. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, May 26, at First Baptist Church, Schell City. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, May 25, with Masonic services at 7 p.m., at the Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home, Schell City. Friends may call after 1 p.m., Wednesday, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery, Schell City...

John and Brooke Wilson of Nevada, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Casen Lane Wilson. Casen was born at 1:19 p.m., Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at Mercy Health Center. He weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Bruce and Beth Pettibon of Moundville, Mo. Maternal great-grandparent is Frieda Pettibon of Nevada, Mo...

May 14 Dewey Foster was arrested for parole violation. No bond. Daniel Bough was arrested for hold. Bond is $12,500. Keith Crable was arrested for hold. No bond. Jail population: Total census, 74; state, 8; Vernon County Re-entry program, 7; Bates County, 6; Cedar County, 8; Dade County, 1; and Jackson County, 1...

May 6 Lester H. Shifflett, Nevada, failure to register vehicle, no proof of insurance. William B. Traylor, Benton, Ark., speeding 47/30. Dakota Ray Williams, Rich Hill, Mo., no proof of insurance. May 7 Tynce L. Joles, Fort Scott, Kan., no proof of insurance...

Nevada Regional Medical Center is a member of the Missouri Hospital Mutual Aid Agreement. This concerted effort is a program designed to organize hospitals and other healthcare providers in the state of Missouri and surrounding areas in the wake of a disaster...

"There are a lot of things that we need to bring back to our community and work on," James McKenzie, Vernon County Ambulance director, said before he left Monday afternoon with a load of medicines and hospital supplies donated by the Nevada Medical Clinic...

Vernon County and Nevada residents and agencies are already working at a feverish pace to help the victims of the tornado that ripped through the middle of Joplin, Sunday, May 22. The Springfield office of the National Weather Service is now calling the storm and EF4 tornado, with wind speed of 190-198 mph. The death toll reached 116 by Monday evening -- making it the deadliest tornado since June 8, 1953, when 116 people were killed by a twister that struck Flint, Mich...

The Nevada High School track team will be sending three athletes to the MSHSAA State Championships in Jefferson City, at Lincoln University, May 27 and 28. Alex Bledsoe, finished first in the 800 meter with a time 2:00.03 Saturday at the sectional track meet in Marshfield...

Ashley Thoreson, Nevada High School's new head volleyball coach, and the Nevada Lady Tigers will be hosting a volleyball camp for girls who will be in grades 4-12 this fall in the Nevada High School gym. The camp for high school players will run from July 5-8, from 9 a.m. to Noon...

Jessica Neely and Jake Brasfield were recognized as the Outstanding Female and Male Athlete at the annual Nevada High School Senior Recognition Night on May 20.