Stories from Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Nevada police have concluded their investigation into an alleged stabbing reported at the Boomer's Road House at 705 N. Osage Blvd, on Friday, but so far, few details have been released. According to the manager Dirk Scotten, the investigation stems from "an altercation that happened in the parking lot after we were closed."...

The Nevada City Council will present a trophy created by the Missouri Welding School to Spring Village Senior Apartments, 700 W. Garfield, during tonight's meeting as the winner of the 2011 Revitalization Award. Spring Village is located across the street from Chapman Estates on Spring Street...

The Community Council on the Performing Arts is now accepting entrants in the Second Annual Youth Showcase, an "America's Got Talent"-style show for area school-aged kids and young adults sponsored in-part by Nevada Regional Medical Center. Entrants may include individual, team or ensemble acts, and may be vocal, instrumental, dance, comedy, poetry reading, skit, dramatic interpretation, gymnastics, and so on...

A project to build outer roads on either side of U.S. 71 between Rich Hill and Butler begins this week, the Missouri Department of Transportation said. The outer road project is part of the upgrading of U.S. 71 to Interstate 49 between Kansas City and Pineville that has been ongoing for several years. MoDOT is working toward I-49 designation by the end of 2012...

Five local physicians and a nurse practitioner have earned prestigious awards for their work to convert the Nevada Medical Clinic from paper to electronic records. In a news release, the federally affiliated Missouri Health Information Technology Assistance Center announced that Meaningful Use Vanguard Awards had been given to Drs. Jill Spangler, Jennifer Conley, Heather Russell, Sean Gravely and F.L. Thompson along with Nurse Practitioner Sherri Eador...

The Nevada City Council will be considering two separate measures during tonight's council meeting that will, among other things, change the monthly billing cycle for water and sewer bills. The meeting is slated for 7 p.m., in the council chambers in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash, Nevada...

State Representative Scott Largent, R-Clinton, filed for the 31st Senatorial District on Tues-day in Jeffer-son City. The newly-drawn 31st Sena-torial District is comprised of Barton, Bates, Cass, Henry, St. Clair and Vernon counties. Largent has been a small business owner for nearly a decade and a press release announcing his candidacy asserts he "knows what it takes to create jobs in a tough economic climate." Largent has served as 120th District state representative since being elected in 2008; has been chairman of the Children and Families Committee and vice chairman of the Banking and Financial Institutions Committee. ...

Chamber of Commerce honors Pacesetters.

William C. "Bill" Johnson, 85, died Saturday, March 3, 2012, at his home in Deerfield. He was born Jan. 1, 1927, to Burt and Ethel (Wise) Johnson. He was married Nov. 25, 1948, to Virginia Weber who survives. He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings Lester, Opal, Lawrence, Helen and Wilma...

Timothy Ross and Angela Hallam of Nevada, Mo., and older siblings Brianna, Destiny and Anthony Ross, and Taylor Miller, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Wyatt Scott Ross. Wyatt was born at 8:37 a.m., Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

Feb. 29 11:40 a.m.: An accident occurred at Cherry and Washington streets involving an unknown vehicle and a pickup owned by Robert H. McCoy, Nevada. Accident is still under investigation. There was a report of a petty theft in the 600 block of East Allison Street. Parts were removed from a parked pickup...

Windy weather and dry air mean increased fire danger. The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning, in effect for most of the day. "A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of...