Stories from Thursday, December 15, 2011

Wrestling notebook

Nov. 14 Shaun Williams was arrested on a warrant. Bond is $249. Kelsey Eisenbeiss was arrested on a warrant. Bond is $550. Kelsey Eisenbeiss was released on bond. Hunter Ellis was released on bond. Roger McCale was released on bond. Shaun Williams was released on bond...

Yet another leg of highway work transforming this section of U.S. 71 into Interstate 49 is completed. The Missouri Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that the interchange at Highway DD and U.S. 71 Highway is open, but motorists are urged to use caution in the area...

SHELDON -- Boosted by the bargain acquisition of a firetruck from the West Central Missouri town of Tightwad, the Sheldon Board of Aldermen OK'd its 2012 budget with extra money for the library and fire department. Alderman Robert Moran said Sheldon had found itself in need of a pumper when the old one broke down and the board was first told by the Tightwad Board of Aldermen that the surplus replacement would cost $30,000...

Small but smelly and potentially capable of causing millions of dollars in crop damage -- not to mention the possibility of their making unpleasant home invasions -- a tough new breed of stink bug might be heading this way, experts say. The brown marmorated stink bug already has caused massive amounts of damage to crops in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic states. ...

The Nevada Police Department conducted its "Shop with a Cop" Program on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 10. "With overwhelming support from the community, the police were able to positively impact 15 children and their families this holiday season. The support from the Nevada community in fundraising efforts exceeded all expectations," a press release said...

For the second year, the Nevada R-5 Board of Education asked students to submit designs for the district's Christmas Card and board members selected two cards from those submitted to be used by the district. During Wednesday night's board meeting R-5 board president Joy Hawks presents second grade student Owen Sweringen, left, and sophomore Kodee Ast, right, a certificate and a box of the cards each student designed as their prize...

Note: The web edition of this story was changed to fix the location of the meet. The original schedule said the meet was in Springfield.