Stories from Friday, October 19, 2012

The Rev. Jerod and Lisha Lamb of Sheldon, Mo., and older siblings, Logan, Hannah and Bryce Lamb, and Aiden Ellifrits are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Uric Asey Lamb. Uric was born at 4:45 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 20 inches...

Nevada Daily Mail The search for a suspect charged with three felonies in connection with an Oct. 13 report of a stolen vehicle ended with his arrest in Jasper County. On Wednesday, police asked for help from the public in locating 32-year-old Clint Carney of Nevada, but reported on Thursday that Carney has been taken into custody and is being held in Jasper County, awaiting transfer to the Vernon County Jail...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Most of the lines of the city on Nevada's sewer system are between 50 and 75 years old; and except for some recently installed plastic pipe, the system is made up of 3-foot sections of clay tile, or, in some places, a product referred to as orangeburg, which is little more than pipe made from tar impregnated wood fibers...

By James R. Campbell and Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail Former Vernon County Sheriff Brian Atkinson of Parkville has weighed in on a story about the race between incumbent Democratic Sheriff Ron Peckman and Republican sheriff's nominee Jason Mosher...

* Participants say R-5 activity helped them spend quality time with family members. By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail A recent wellness program put together by Nevada R-5 Wellness Coordinator Crystal Burch send families all over Vernon County -- and just a little beyond in some cases -- to find out about local parks, organizations, history and more...

Dear Editor: As I promised, I am providing an update on the improvements that have been done at the NEVC campuses in Schell City and Walker. While improvements are on-going, our "major facility upgrades" have been planned for a five-year span due to budget, manpower, and time constraints. These are improvements as promised since the election in 2011...

Joseph Cole, 54, of Nevada, was fatally injured at 4:58 p.m. Friday when a southbound tractor-trailer truck hit a westbound car and the truck slammed halfway into the Quick Dine resturant at 1331 N. Osage Blvd. A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper said John Becker, 72, of Nevada, and 60-year-old Roger Berning, El Dorado Springs, were seriously injured and airlifted to Freeman Hospital in Joplin. Cole was declared dead at the scene...