Stories from Saturday, February 16, 2013

Donald and Vernille (Balk) Cubbage were married March 3, 1963, at the Berea Christian Church in Ketterman, Mo. Their children are Sheila Bryson and husband Eric, Fort Worth, Texas, Donis Duncan, Nevada, Davola Garrett and husband Tony, Nevada, and the late Sherri Cubbage Prewitt and three grandsons, Jacob Duncan, Tanner Duncan and Nathan Byson...

Kimberly Garton and Brad Toellner exchanged wedding vows on Sept. 29, 2012, at First Baptist Church in Nevada. Dr. William C. Cox solemnized the vows of the wedding ceremony. Pianist Bradley Garton of Vail, Colo., and soloist Anna Kay of Boonville, Mo., provided music...

Doug and Linda Shupe of Nevada announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Whitney Shupe, to Kyle Forkner of Richards, son of Doug Forkner of Nevada, and Laurie and Kevin Woolfolk, of Saratoga, Wyo. Whitney is a 2005 graduate of Nevada High School and a 2007 graduate of Fort Scott Community College Nursing School. She is a registered nurse assessment coordinator at Heartland of Willow Lane in Butler, Mo...

Tres and Errika Faith announce that their mom, Linda Faith, and Steven Michaels will marry on July 14, 2013. Linda is the daughter of Donna Downing and the late George Downing of Mound City, Kan., and granddaughter of the late Roy and Elsie Headrick of Nevada. Steven is the son of the late George and Kim Michaels...

The capital building in Jefferson City was completed in 1917, after being designed by an architectural firm from New York named Tracy and Swartwout. The dome of the capital is 238 feet above ground level and is the third capital building to be built in Jefferson City. ...

Nevada Daily Mail publisher Tournament madness -- it turns us into zombies, with furrowed brow, wrinkled foreheads and grim facial expressions one moment and euphoric zealots jumping up and down the next. For true basketball fans, there's not much better...

Hi neighbors. I hope you had a good Valentine's Day. There were roses and chocolates all over the place it seems. There were even chocolate roses! The next big thing is President's Day on Monday. I don't think chocolate, roses or words of love mean much to dead presidents; but it is the thought that counts...

The Sheldon Board of Aldermen held a special meeting on Thursday to make up for a meeting postponed Tuesday because of the lack of a quorum. With Mayor Rob Sewell, aldermen Jarod Lamb, Robert Moran, Joshua Lamb and Cheryl Bogart and city clerk Becky Morgan present, the board moved through approving the agenda, minutes of the last meeting and the treasurer's report quickly...

The Nevada R-5 Board of Education held a public hearing and then voted 6-0, with Steve Cubbage absent, to approve the 2013-'14 school calendar during Wednesday night's monthly meeting. The public hearing was required by state law since the proposed starting date of Aug. 22 is more then 10 days before the first Monday of September...

Construction on the Ella Maxwell Center for the Performing Arts is running ahead of schedule and the current estimated completion date is Aug. 21, Aaron Hight, Crossland's construction manager for the project, told the Nevada R-5 Board of Education during a work session before their regular monthly meeting Wednesday...