Stories from Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Feb. 22 Justin K. Stone, Walker, Mo., no proof of insurance. Feb. 23 Michael R. Northrup, Nevada, failure to register vehicle, no proof of insurance, driving while revoked. Zachary T. Shepherd, Nevada, expired license plate. Sarah E. Thompson, Wichita, Kan., failure to transfer plates, no proof of insurance, no valid operator's license...

Four Vernon County residents were arraigned before Judge Neal Quitno on a total of 14 different violations of the Wildlife Code of Missouri during court proceedings held in the associate circuit court on Monday. Kaleb W. Triplett, 34, of Deerfield, Mo. was arraigned on seven class A misdemeanor counts of pursuing/taking/killed/po-sessed or disposed of wildlife illegally and two class A misdemeanor counts of fraudulently securing a certificate license or privilege from this state...

Vernon County Conservation Agent Justin Fogle has written tickets for several deer-related violations in the past few months. Fogle said the charges vary from shooting a deer from a vehicle to shooting a deer during closed season, checking and tagging violations and other infractions. Fogle said that during the time period covered by these charges he had encountered 38 violations and written 21 citations. Some of the charges have already been resolved, according to Fogle...

Travis Claypool, executive director of Vernon County USDA Farm Service Agency, announced that general signup for the Conservation Reserve Program will begin on March 12 and will continue through April 6. During the signup period, farmers and ranchers may offer eligible land for CRP's competitive general signup at their county FSA office...

Patrick House, center, a 2010 Season 10 winner on NBC's "The Biggest Loser," stopped by the Nevada Subway store for a bite to eat Tuesday on his way from Joplin to Kansas City, much to the delight of employees on site at the time. In both cities, House gave presentations at schools about the equipment used on the show...

The 48th Annual Bushwhacker Days celebration is scheduled for June 6-9 in Nevada,and planning is already under way to make this years' celebration one to remember. Bushwhacker Days is an annual event that draws more than10, 000 people from the region in a four-day period...

The Nevada Fire Department appealed Tuesday for the public to avoid open burning in the wake of a Dumpster fire that knocked out power to eight businesses in a northside shopping mall. Noting Tuesday's powerful south winds are expected to continue at least through Thursday, Acting NFD Fire Chief Bill Thornton said the 8:30 a.m. blaze wreaked some $20,000 in damages to the 400 S. Johnson Drive complex, northeast of Wal-Mart...

The conversion of Davis Park into a Veterans' Memorial Park took a step forward Tuesday night when the Nevada City Council voted 5-0 to approve a memorandum of understanding with the Nevada Elks Lodge 564 on first reading. A parks board subcommittee made up of parks board members and Elks has been working for several months on this project; and until this ordinance is finally enacted at the council's March 20 meeting, nothing else can be done...