Stories from Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Bernice Louise Pruitt, 101, resident of Fort Scott, formerly of Mapleton, moved to Glory from Fort Scott Manor, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. She was born on the family farm just southeast of Devon, to James and Sarilda Killion, on April 30, 1911. She married Elza R. ...

Travis and Gretchen Denney of Sheldon, Mo., and older sister, Linleigh, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Maxton Boyd Denney. Maxton was born at 1:17 p.m., Sunday, June 3, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces, and measured 21 inches...

Nevada Daily Mail In his first try for state legislative office, Peculiar car dealer Dave Morris relied heavily on yard and roadside signs in his Missouri Senate campaign against fellow Republicans Ed Emery of Lamar and Scott Largent of Clinton. The mens' Aug. ...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail Cottey College's annual international trip has been named the top college perk available by OnlineUniversities.com. The annual trip is a cultural and educational experience for second-year students at the two-year women's college, which offers a variety of two-year programs for women as well as a handful of four-year opportunities through its Institute for Women's Leadership and Social Responsibility...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail Tyrel C. Parsley, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., was arraigned in the Circuit Court of Vernon County on Tuesday, and pleaded not guilty to four felony charges stemming from a December 2011 incident which led to the arrest of three men from Cedar County...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail Three people embarked on a new chapter in their lives on Tuesday, leaving behind a past of addiction and walking on the wrong side of the law and embracing their futures as graduates of the Vernon County Adult Recovery Court...