Stories from Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Dwane Rosegrant, 61, Nevada, passed away at his home on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. He was born on March 20, 1951, in Texas. His parents were Thomas Acker and Wilene Hall Acker. Dwane was raised in Texas and Arkansas and graduated from Bismark, Ark., High School. He has lived in Missouri since 1978 and worked for Shade Tree Service in Nevada for 15 years until he retired in 1994 due to a disability. Dwane later worked for B&R Furniture for a number of years...

George Allen Jenkins, 73, passed away at his home in Nevada, Mo., on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, following a lengthy illness. He was born on Nov. 6, 1939, in Deerfield, Mo., to Vernal Basil Jenkins and Dessie Fern Smith Jenkins. He married Lula (Lou) May Keller on May 29, 1993, in Joplin, Mo., and she survives of the home...

George William Payne, 58, Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He was born on Aug. 27, 1954, in Torrance, Calif., to James Frank Payne and Marjorie Joan Pounder Payne. He married Teresa K. Burford on Dec. 1, 1997, in California and she survives of the home...

Bernice Marcella Thomas, 93, Drexel, Mo., died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012, at St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m., Thursday, at the funeral home, prior to the service...

Daniel Wyatt and Ashley Terry of Rockville, Mo., and older siblings Skieler, Seth, Katlynn and Daniel Wyatt Jr., and Jude Terry, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Logan Harlow Wyatt. Logan was born at 5:59 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/2 inches...

November 7 Amanda D. Metcalf, Nevada, failure to register vehicle. November 9 William L. Prather, Nevada, speeding 72/30. November 10 Michael E. Bailey, Schell City, Mo., no proof of insurance, driving while intoxicated. Ryan T. Bobbett, Nevada, excessive tire noise...

November 22 There was a report of property damage in the 1400 block of North Main Street. A rock was thrown through a northwest window of a residence. November 23 There was a report of a theft in the 1900 block of North Main Street. A wallet and wedding ring set was reported stolen from a residence. A female subject known to the resident is wanted for questioning...

October 30 9:45 a.m.: An accident occurred at Route BB, five miles east of Taberville, when a 2001 Chevrolet Blazer driven by Clifford L. Sumner, Schell City, Mo., swerved to miss a deer in the roadway, ran off the right side of the road and overturned. Clifford suffered serious injuries and was transported to Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs, Mo...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers have finally reached the point they had been waiting for all season long. Head coach John McNeley's Tigers were scheduled to be in action last Tuesday against Monett, but due to the Cubs not being able to have a team ready to play since most of head coach Ty Goetz's players also play football for the Cubs squad that reached the semifinals in the Class 3 State Tournament, that game was moved to Dec. ...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail PLEASANT Hill, Mo. -- The Nevada High School wrestling squad is gearing up to get its season under way at the Steve Leslie Invitational at Pleasant Hill High School this weekend. This year's Steve Leslie Invitational tournament is currently scheduled to feature 15 teams from 14 different schools in Missouri and Kansas and will get head coach Devin White's Tigers a chance to see just where they are in terms of preparedness for the season right off the bat. ...

Nevada Daily Mail One person was injured in Vernon County, in a traffic crash that took place Friday, but no traffic fatalities were reported in Vernon County during the Missouri State Highway Patrol's official counting period, which started Wednesday and ended at midnight, Sunday...

Nevada Daily Mail A Monday court appearance by Sheldon Mayor Rob Sewell, who faces 21 counts of forgery in Vernon County, resulted in a continuance of the scheduled pre-trial conference to 9 a.m., Dec. 20. The charges Sewell faces relate to 21 checks written on the account of 97-year-old John Young, between April 2008 and August 2010, varying in amounts from $61 to $50,000 and totaling more than $150,000, according to calculations based on the list of individual charges...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail The familiar red kettles and the sound of ringing bells can be found in Vernon County this holiday season, thanks to the many volunteers that make it all happen. More volunteers are needed, though, for bell ringing, and board member Greg Hoffman says he's confident that local people will step up to the kettle for bell ringing and for the upcoming Salvation Army Christmas shopping event for local children facing hardship...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail By now, Vernon County property owners should have received real estate and personal property tax statements, and Vernon County Collector Phil Couch said that "if they don't, there's some sort of problem. They should be getting in touch with us."...

Kuhl & Fresnock, told the Nevada City Council during their Nov. 20 meeting that he had identified what the police and fire departments and the municipal court need in a new facility and had brought the council four options for the new public safety facility...

Nevada R-5 Superintendent On Thanksgiving Day, the Nevada R-5 School District hosted its first, of hopefully many, Thanksgiving Celebrations for the community. Our inaugural event was a great success -- plenty of delicious food and plenty of kind volunteers...