Stories from Wednesday, July 20, 2011

As the smothering bubble of heat continues to hang over the area, the Vernon County Ambulance District wants people to know that no child, pet or adult should be left inside a hot vehicle for any length of time. Employees of VCAD measured the temperature inside one of the vehicles, and the temperature surpassed 115 degrees and continued to rise -- after just a few minutes. ...

Skelton honored for decades of Navy procurement and contracting support.

Ryan Flowers, in the black shirt, and Robert Griffith were among the young people taking refuge from 101-degree temperatures outside by playing basketball in the air conditioned gym at mid-afternoon, Tuesday, in Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center...

Ida Virginia Clingan Klein, 96, Nevada, passed away on Monday, July 18, 2011, at Barone Care Center in Nevada. She was born Oct. 12, 1914, in Colorado Springs, Colo., to Frank Hewett Clingan and Minnie Alderman Clingan. She married Edward H. Klein on Nov. 16, 1940, in Lawrence, Kan. He preceded her in death on Jan. 22, 1994...

Nancy Lynn Beller, 66, Nevada, passed away on Monday, July 18, 2011, at her home in Nevada. She was born May 6, 1945, in Knoxville, Iowa, to James Clyde Brubaker Jr. and Betty May Reeves Brubaker. She is survived by one son, Tommie Beller and his wife, Daveenia, Marietta, Ga.; one granddaughter, Ansley Beller, Marietta, Ga.; three stepgrandchildren, Seth Deaver, Dylan Deaver and Chandler, all of Marietta, Ga.; two brothers, James Brubaker III and his wife, Pat, Coal Valley, Ill., and Stephen Brubaker and his wife, Mary, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; two sisters, Elaine Jordan and her husband, John, Knoxville, Iowa, and Diane McDonald and her husband, Jack, Milo, Mo.; numerous nieces and nephews; and "special friend," Frank Waddle, of the home. ...

Anna Mae Starr McGee, 88, Nevada, died Monday, July 11, 2011, at Christian Health Care in Nevada. She was born July 23, 1922, in Hume, Mo., to Ralph Texada Hancock and Elizabeth Belle Alexander Hancock. She was married Aug. 19, 1942, to Allen LaVern Starr and he preceded her in death in 1987. She later married Martin Edward McGee on Oct. 7, 1992, and he preceded her in death in 1997...

Beulah Fay Easton, 87, St. Charles, Mo., formerly of Nevada, died on Tuesday morning, July 19, 2011, at Parkside Manor Retirement Center, St. Charles, Mo. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada...

July 5 Kevin D. Jones, Newton, Kan., speeding 58/40. Tyler L. Parrack, Nevada, expired license plate. Thomas O. Ramsey, Nevada, speeding 43/30. Cynthia A. Worsley, Bronaugh, Mo., expired license plate. July 6 Rebeca L. Greenwell, Nevada, expired license plate, seat belt law...

A 46-year-old Nevada man and his Kansas City attorney have filed suit against Nevada police and the city of Nevada in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, alleging city officers used excessive force following the man's June 2009 arrest on charges of driving while intoxicated, resulting in injury, and leaving the scene of an accident...