Stories from Thursday, November 15, 2012

Vicki Sue Shotton, 61, a resident of rural Hume, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. She was born May 29, 1951, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Jewel Dean "Nick" Nichols and Pat Jeanne Allen Nichols. She married Richard E. Shotton in April of 1983 in Fort Scott, Kan...

October 23 Kelley D. Eberhard, Nevada, expired license plate, no proof of insurance. October 25 Colin R. Beriener, Hermann, Mo., speeding 43/30. Crystal M. Cook, Nevada, speeding 43/30. Jeremiah D. Ellifrits, Fort Scott, Kan., speeding 41/30. Dallas K. Kuhl, Nevada, speeding 42/30, no proof of insurance, driving while suspended...

One of the benefits of being Middle Age Plus is that you can laugh at your embarrassing moments instead of getting all upset over them. I'll have to admit this took some doing before I reached this stage, but now, almost as soon as I make a faux pas, I can start thinking about the fun I will have telling about it...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail The city of Nevada Public Works will be picking up leaves starting Monday, Nov. 26. The longstanding, annual service is provided by the city, and city manager J.D. Kehrman said he believes it's a positive effort that benefits both the city and its residents...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail There are many reasons why students drop out of high school, but lack of hours of credit for graduation isn't one of them, Dr. David Stephens, Nevada R-5 superintendent, told about 50 community members, R-5 board members and R-5 staff members during a working lunch Wednesday at the Bowman Building...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail One in five fourth grade girls goes on a diet. Possibly the country's most famous example of womanhood is a doll named Barbie, whose dimensions may sometimes give the wrong impression to young girls forming their own ideas of what's beautiful in terms of shape and size, according to local student Marissa Dreyer...

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail WALKER -- The physical and emotional devastation wrought by drunken or distracted driving was acted out in a vivid fashion Wednesday, behind Northeast Vernon County schools. Sponsored by the school's Family, Career and Community Leaders of America chapter, the demonstration involved area, county and state emergency responders who roared up with sirens howling and red and blue lights blinking at 1:30 p.m., to a realistic-looking wreck involving two smashed-up vehicles and eight NEVC students made up to appear seriously injured or dead.. ...