Stories from Thursday, April 4, 2013

Jason Lee Muncy, 34, Nevada, Mo., died March 31, 2013. Graveside service will be held Friday, April 5, at 10 a.m., at Lockwood Cemetery, Lockwood, Mo. Arrangements are under the direction of Konantz Warden Funeral Home.

Jason and Pam Fleener of Nevada, Mo., and older brother, Cole Robert Fleener, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Cody Dale Fleener. Cody was born at 8:34 a.m., Friday, March 22, 2013, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds and measured 19 and 1/2 inches...

In 11 of the 12 Vernon County townships with special road levies on the ballot Tuesday, voters overwhelmingly approved the tax measures and in Montevallo Township voters defeated the special road levy 8-6, or 57 percent no votes and 43 percent yes. The results in the other 11 townships follow:...

Police arrested a Nevada man Monday for allegedly taking an automobile from the 1200 block of South Spring Street on Feb. 27. Wesley Eugene Branch, 32, of Nevada is charged in Vernon County Associate Circuit Court with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle. a Class C felony...

The excellent risk management operations of the Nevada Housing Authority were acknowledged and rewarded at the Missouri Chapter of the National Association of Housing Authority and Redevelopment Officials conference in Branson on March 26 when it received a loss incentive award check for $5,395.41 by the Missouri Housing Authorities Property & Casualty Inc...

A man led police officers from at least four agencies on a high speed chase from Nevada to Fort Scott, Kan., Wednesday morning before Kansas authorities took him into custody. According to information from Nevada police, city officers attempted to arrest a wanted fugitive in the parking lot of a Nevada Fastrip, following a tip about a suspicious person...

Five Nevada High School students have been selected to participate in Missouri Girls State, which will be held June 23 through 29 at the University of Central Missouri at Warrensburg. Local students include Jessica Heather Decocq, daughter of Gary and Helene Decocq; Maddison Renee Gordon, daughter of Staci Andersen and Phil Gordon; Grace Clana Reichard, daughter of Erlinda Reichard; Brooklyn Nicole Ryan, daughter of Doug and Joyce Ryan; and Tayten Paige Starlin daughter of Jamie and Aimee Starlin.. ...

Five Nevada High School juniors have been selected to participate in the 74th session of Missouri Boys State, to be held June 15 through 22 at the university of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. Local students are sponsored by the Nevada Rotary Club and an unidentified donor...