Stories from Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Bobby Dean "Bob" Hood, 80, Moundville, Mo., passed away on Aug. 27, 2012, at his home after battling cancer for several months. He was born Oct. 29, 1931, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Charles Newman Hood and Violet Grace Feagins Hood. He was married to Shirley Hatfield Gossett on Oct. 15, 2000, in Moundville, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Cheyanna Marie Koshko, 32, of Butler, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born May 29, 1980, to Bob and Carolyn Hellwig in Butler. Cheyanna, one of two children, grew up in the rural Bates County Community of Pleasant Gap. ...

Raymond Gene Bryant, 73, of Montrose, Mo., the son of James Russell and Elsie (Clark) Bryant was born Oct. 9, 1938, in Butler, Mo., and passed from this life Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, at Clinton Healthcare and Rehab in Clinton, Mo. Ray attended school in both the Butler and Ballard school districts. ...

August 14 Jared M. Hamilton, El Dorado Springs, Mo., failure to register vehicle, driving while suspended. Christopher N. Hubbard, Nevada, failure to register vehicle, no proof of insurance, driving while suspended. Darrell R. Sander, Nevada, driving while revoked...

CARTHAGE, Mo. -- The Nevada Lady Tigers golf team got the 2012 season under way Monday, taking on Carl Junction, Joplin, Seneca, Ozark, Springfield Parkview and the host school, Carthage, in the second annual Taco Town Carthage Invitational tournament at Carthage Municipal Golf Course...

OPLIN, Mo. -- The Nevada Lady Tigers softball team finished second Saturday in the Joplin Invitational Tournament. Head coach Tammy Holcomb's squad defeated Blue Springs, 3-1, in the Gold Bracket semifinals despite being out-hit, 8-4. Senior Christian Novak pitched a complete game for the Lady Tigers...

Dear Editor: The Vernon County Cancer Relief Fund held its fifth annual fund raising dinner and live auction on Saturday evening, Aug. 25 at Nevada Eagle's Lodge. This event was a tremendous success, with 350-plus individuals attending the function to support VCCR. On behalf of the VCCR Board of Directors, I would like to thank everyone (individuals and businesses) for their contributions of time and/or money who made this annual event so successful...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail The slow, soaking rain that moved through Vernon County and other parts of the state Saturday night was welcome but has done little to alleviate the threat of fire that has plagued the area for much of the summer. According to Andy Boxell of the National Weather Service office in Springfield, Mo., the central part of the county received 1-2 inches of rain with some areas reporting as much as three inches. ...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail A message from a balloon launched by 4-year-old Ryken Butler on Aug. 17 was found three days later. caught in a fence on Eric Weiden's farm, about 30 miles east of Springfield. Weiden said it's a hilly area, along the Wright-Webster county line, "about 6 miles north of Highway 60, as the crow flies."...