Stories from Thursday, December 20, 2012

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail As enjoyable as Christmas and New Year's can be, there are a lot of ways that happiness can be spoiled, not the least of which is a car wreck or DWI arrest. Starting Friday, the 146 uniformed officers of Troop D of the Missouri State Highway Patrol will be working to prevent wrecks and get impaired motorists off the road, but they know there will be some bad results no matter how hard they try...

The Vernon County Senior Center raised nearly $350 at its inaugural Cookie Walk, held Friday at the center, 301 E. Main, Nevada. Center director Angie Daniels said the effort was "a huge success." In the event, guests purchased tins for $10 and filled them with a variety of donated cookies. ...

Officer Name: Amber Williamson Title: Police Officer Department: Nevada Police Department What inspired you to become a police officer? The summer of my junior year of High School I attended Missouri Girls State, where we were required to take a college course. I chose a criminal justice class taught by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Taking that course inspired me to become a police officer...

I have been up and down our new Interstate 49 several times this week. It makes me feel like we are really in the big time now. But I got to worrying about those people and businesses that have their access to the highway traffic hampered. Even before US 71 was changed into I-49 I discovered something I didn't like. ...

Nevada Daily Mail editor Most people who know me probably wouldn't describe me as a retiring woman; but that's just what I'm doing. After 20 years as a journalist, the last 10 of them as editor of the Nevada Daily Mail, I'm stepping down at the end of the year to spend more time with my family...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- "I still think, you know, we should have been playing for a championship. We just had a bad game the first night." The Nevada Lady Tigers responded to a tough defeat at the hands of the Lady Bobcats of Drexel High School Monday, but more than made up for that and put for a championship caliber performance Wednesday night in the third-place game of the Harrisonville Holiday Tournament at Harrisonville High School...

James Clive Rogers, 28, passed away Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. He was born March 17, 1984, in Morehead, Ky. James was a graduate of the Lexington school of recording arts and was a certified audio technician. James loved his job as a computer technician with United Tote at The Red Mile in Lexington. He was a talented musician and would travel the country to attend various concerts and enjoyed building model airplanes...

George Miller, 68, died Dec. 2, 2012. Graveside services with military honors are scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 22, at the Green Lawn Cemetery in Schell City, Mo. Arrangements are under the direction of the Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home in Schell City, Mo...