Stories from Friday, August 19, 2011

Matthew and Tamarra Butcher and older sister, Emily Rose, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Kinley Anne Butcher. Kinley was born at 5:06 p.m., Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 9 pounds and measured 21 inches...

August 3 Dereck Page was arrested for shock incarceration. No bond. David Marez was arrested for possession of marijuana. Bond is $5,000. Douglas Dozler was arrested for possession of marijuana. Bond is $10,000. Jason Fowler was released to Ottawa County...

On Friday, Aug. 26, the University of Missouri Extension will be hosting an educational program featuring precision agriculture technologies. The purpose of this program is to demonstrate technologies that enable farmers to conserve energy and inputs. This program will consist of a presentation by Kent Shannon, MU Extension ag engineering specialist, and a bus tour of two farms that utilize precision agriculture to conserve resources and improve profitability...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- A longstanding photography contest will take place this year after organizers discussed canceling the event earlier this summer. The 23rd Annual Gordon Parks International Photography Contest, organized by the Gordon Parks Museum and Center for Culture and Diversity at Fort Scott Community College, will go on after the deadline for accepting entries, originally June 20, was extended to late July. ...

After dozens of books and movies since he was mortally wounded near the end of the Civil War, Missouri guerilla leader William Clarke Quantrill remains a mystery that will probably never be solved. He no doubt rode the trails of Vernon County at times and Nevada's Col. John D. Holt was with him during his controversial 1863 raid on Lawrence, Kan., and when he was paralyzed by gunshot in May 1865...