Stories from Tuesday, June 21, 2011

"Making sure that all Missourians are aware of the dangers involved with summer weather is a top priority," said State Emergency Management Agency Director Paul D. Parmenter. "We already experienced temperatures in the mid 90s, and high humidity levels last week, and Missourians should pay attention to weather forecasts and be prepared to use caution when outdoors for the next 10 weeks, to help keep their families safe."...

The Nevada City Council will conduct a work session on the 2010 audit at 6 p.m., today, followed by a regular meeting at 7 p.m., in the council chambers, in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash Street. Among the items on the agenda for the regular meeting will be the first reading of a general ordinance amending Chapter 37 of the city code to allow adult day care facilities in areas zoned C-3...

A 73-year-old Mary-ville, Kan., man was killed Thursday afternoon in a motorcycle crash on U.S. 71 Highway, 3 miles north of Sheldon. According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Irvil D. West was headed south on a 2008 Harley-Davidson motorcycle when the motorcycle traveled off the east side of the roadway, crossed the median and overturned, at 1:40 p.m., June 16...

The circles of life connect more readily and perhaps more pleasantly in small towns. That's how it has been for Dr. Robert R. "Ron" Jones, who is concluding a 34-year-long pediatrics practice with his Aug. 19 retirement. Born at Nevada City Hospital, now the NRMC Medical Arts Building across from his Nevada Medical Clinic office at 800 S. Ash St., Jones was able to visit the deathbed of the physician who had delivered him, Dr. William Allen...

The Nevada Fire Department responded to a fire at a home at 702 S. College St., in Nevada, on Saturday morning to find "heavy fire and smoke showing from the rear of the structure," according to a press release. No one was home at the time. According to relatives, the owners of the home, Arden and Liz Roush "were out of town" at the time of the blaze. ...