Stories from Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Cottey softball earns first wins

Cottey is home Wednesday

Baseball team has another busy week

Bradley and Ashley Gash of Nevada, Mo., and older siblings, Melanah and Peyton are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Tinley Nicole Gash. Tinley was born at 12:23 p.m., Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

Ruby Lee Schenker, 82, daughter of George E. and Sophia J. (Fischer) Harkrader, was born June 6, 1929, near Butler, Mo. She passed away at Heartland of Willow Lane Nursing Home in Butler, Mo., surrounded by her family on April 21, 2012. Survivors are husband, Norvin Schenker of Prairie City, Mo.; children, Patricia Tippie (Dwayne) of Rockville, Mo., Juanita Cragin (Mike) of Nevada, Glenda Smith (Steven) of St. ...

A young Nevada woman thought to be missing and pregnant was the subject of a joint investigation involving the Nevada Police Department, the Pleasant Hill Police Department, the Cass County Sheriff's office and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that ended with her release from the Pleasant Hill jail on Monday...

In conjunction with the city wide clean up that was held Saturday, the Nevada Fire Departmnet has announced that they will also allow open burning to take place for the following two weeks. Anyone wishing to burn must adhere to city ordinances. According to Acting Fire Chief Bill Thornton, open burning will be allowed in the city limits of Nevada, Saturday, April 21 through Sunday, May 6. ...

The Vernon County road and bridge department has announced that if the weather permits, they will be replacing a culvert on County Road 1400, north of Pawhuska and south of Overland Road, south of the city animal shelter today. The road will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today...

Dan Devine, left and Lorie Devine, Moundville, were joined by David Bylerly, back left, and Joe Willis, back right, to provide Music on the Square Monday. The Divines perform a mix of gospel, traditional country and bluegrass.

The "buzz" in the Nevada Middle School hallways for the past several days has been all about the upcoming visit of motivational speaker Willie Jolley, according to character education teacher Amy Hemphill. "People are pumped," she said, to see the internationally known speaker and best selling author...

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