Stories from Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Letha Irene Hackney, 104, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Christian Health Care in Nevada, following an illness of several months. She was born Jan. 2, 1909, in Dederick, Mo., to Claude Roberts and Anna Adams Roberts. She married Wes Timbers on June 16, 1929, in Fort Scott, Kan., and he preceded her in death in 1940. She then married Joe Hackney on March 26, 1944, and he preceded her in death in 1986...

Betty Easley passed from this life to eternal life with her Lord on Sunday, March 3, 2013, her family at her side. She will be sorely missed by her family and large circle of friends. Betty was born in West Plains, grew up in Kansas City and attended the University of Missouri. After college she moved to West Plains where she met the love of her life Robert Easley and they were united in marriage on Sept. 5, 1948. They were married more than 50 years before he joined the Lord on Feb. 15, 1999...

Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, social networks with millions of friends, followers and accounts have been around for several years. Now there is a new site on the net and it originated, was designed and started by a Nevada resident. Travis Barker first got the idea for Postlogger.com several years ago. He spent three years in Sweden and was trying "to connect with home via the web" when he first thought of creating a new social network...

The ultraviolet disinfectant system used at the city's wastewater treatment plant should have an intensity meter to measure the output of the UV lights so the output level of the lights can be monitored, Gary Johnson, Alliance Water Resources district manager, told the Nevada City Council before they voted 5-0 to approve the purchase of 48 new UV lights for the disinfectant system...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail On Feb. 19, it was officially announced in a press conference hosted by officials from the Nevada R-5 School District that Nevada would be joining the West Central Conference, starting in the 2014-'15 school year. From the beginning, it was easy to see that district officials were very excited over the prospect of Nevada's years of searching for a new conference home finally being a thing of the past. ...