Stories from Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Lewis George Carter Sr., 75, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at his home as the result of an accidental fire. He was born on July 7, 1937, in Gretna, Neb., to Franklin Hobart Carter and Sarah Frances Sinnard Carter. He married Joleen Wiegel on Oct. 22, 1970, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., and she survives of the home...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Lady Tigers senior softball pitcher Christian Novak has earned an honor that many players can simply dream of, but it comes as no surprise to many who know her. For the third consecutive year, Novak has been selected as a member of the Missouri Class 3 All-State softball roster. Novak made this year's second team with three other pitchers -- Mollie Carter, Festus; Michaela Forck, Blair Oaks; and Holly Magre, St. Pius X...

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail Republican former State Rep. Ed Emery of Lamar secured his January return to the Missouri General Assembly Tuesday with a resounding victory over Drexel Democrat Charlie Burton in the Senate District 31 contest...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Since the 911 dispatch center board decided to divide its operating cost equally between the city and county, City Manager JD Kehrman said that he thinks the city may have to take back the operation of its dispatch center by the end of the year. ...

Sen. Claire McCaskill has won re-election in Missouri, holding off Rep. Todd Akin The Associated Press noted that McCaskill's victory denies Republicans a seat they'd hoped to pick up before Akin's statements that women had ways of preventing pregnancies in the case of "legitimate rape."...

Nevada Daily Mail During its regular meeting Tuesday night, the Nevada City Council voted 4-0 to approve adding $10,006.75 to the police department budget to use with an insurance company settlement of $6,242.25 for the purchase of a 2010 Crown Victoria Interceptor from the Missouri State Highway Patrol Fleet Sales Division for a total cost of $15,250...

submitted photo The Route 54 Cruisers Car Club presents a check for $200 to the Vernon County Ambulance District Christmas Toy Drive. Pictured from left to right are ambulance district personnel Mike Fields, Dustin Miller and David McGriff and Route 54 Cruisers Car Club member Al Fenske...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail The most hotly contested race in Vernon County seemed it could easily swing either way, but in the end, Republican challenger Jason Mosher easily unseated incumbent Ron Peckman. Peckman gleaned 3,354 votes; Mosher, 5,113, or 39.56 percent to 60.30 percent...

President: Missouri results only Barack Obama/Joe Biden (Dem) Vote tally incomplete at press time. Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan (Rep) Vote tally incomplete at press time. Gary Johnson/James P. Gray (Lib) Vote tally incomplete at press time. Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer (Cst)...

When writing a column, I sometimes have a subject in mind, but sometimes a different event or thought comes to me and I write about another subject. That is what happen with this column. Last Thursday I had the opportunity to attend the Southwest Missouri Swimming Championships held at Hillcrest High School in Springfield...

President Barack Obama has been declared the winner in the presidential race, although Missouri favored Mitt Romney. How do you feel about the outcome?

In Tuesday's election, voters resoundingly defeated a proposed 1 percent out-of-state use tax for Vernon County, with 4.962 voting "no," and 3035 voting "yes." In Schell City, voters OKed the proposal to purchase water via Public Water District No. 1. Ninety-five voters were in favor of the measure; 22 voted against it...

from staff and wire reports With only a few precincts still not reporting, just before midnight, Tuesday, several incumbents were holding onto their statewide seats. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, a Democrat, won re-election over St. Louis Republican challenger David Spence; but Spence took a narrow lead in Vernon County, with 4,423 votes to Nixon's 3,758, in a job-themed campaign in which the candidates positions were vastly different...