Stories from Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Jimmie Shirley Worthington, 93, of Nevada, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, at Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, Bolivar, Mo. She was born Sept. 30, 1917, at Weaubleau, Mo., to James and Nancy (Blackwell) Gump. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Aug. 12, at Hathaway-Peterman Chapel with the Rev. Terry Mosher officiating. Burial will follow in Freeman-Holsapple Cemetery, west of Collins, Mo., under the direction of Hathaway-Peterman Funeral Home, Wheatland, Mo...

July 27 Devin Sharp was arrested for hold. No bond. Anthony McNack was arrested for hold. No bond. Stephanie Higgins was arrested for hold. Bond is $7,500. Teresa Eichlberger was arrested for hold. Bond is $2,500. Nicholas Brandell was arrested for failure to appear. Bond is $700...

The Crisis Intervention Team, a cooperative effort of the Nevada mental health community and the Nevada Police Department, has the ultimate goal of removing communication barriers and creating an atmosphere where both groups can "work in partnership to make this community safer," according to Nevada Police Chief Graham Burnley...

An informational public meeting is slated for Aug. 13. to discuss issues related to the Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site in Lamar as well as Battle of Carthage State Historic Site and Osage Village State Historic Site. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m., at the Harry S Truman Birthplace office...

Missouri's regional cyber crime fighting effort is ranked among the most effective and best-trained in the nation by the U.S. Justice Department.

Parents of students who are entering eighth grade are reminded that the state of Missouri requires these students to receive the updated tetanus booster, known as the Tdap, before the first day of school According to a press release from the nursing staff at Nevada Middle School, these immunizations are available at no charge from the Vernon County Health Department, 301 N. Washington St., Nevada...

Many families are getting busy buying new clothes, shoes, book bags and school supplies. Then when school starts, there will be more expenses: school lunches, after-school snacks, fees for extracurricular activities -- the list goes on and on. It's obviously a very expensive time of year...