Stories from Saturday, April 20, 2013

Bonnie Jean Taylor, 86, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Friday, April 19, 2013, at her home in Nevada. She was born March 27, 1927, in Overland Park, Kan., to Wiley Clifton Langdon and Gertrude Elsie Stephens Langdon. She was married to LeRoy Holder in 1945, in Paso Robles, Calif. Later, she was married to Malcomb M. Taylor, in California, and he preceded her in death in July 1983...

Just one year and five days after Christopher S. Pike rushed into Margie Cargill's fiancé's home and assaulted her, he was released from the Missouri Department of Corrections. He had been sentenced to four years in prison for assault, resisting arrest and burglary...

The Vernon County Domestic Violence Task Force will open 2013 National Crime Victims' Rights Week on Monday with a ceremony honoring the rights of crime victims while remembering those who have lost their lives to crime. This year's theme is "New Challenges. New Solutions," according to a news release from Martha Sander, executive director of the Council on Families in Crisis...

Community leaders from throughout Nevada gathered at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center early Wednesday to attend the unveiling of the Healthy Nevada Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan that was developed by the PedNet Coalition of Columbia...

David Shelton, age and address unavailable, was arrested Friday afternoon after allegedly leading authorities on a foot chase through the woods near Stotesbery on South 400 Road. Sheriff Jason Mosher said he and Chief Deputy Shayne Simmons attempted to stop a pickup truck when Shelton jumped from the truck and ran into the woods...

By Sharon Knight Nevada Daily Mail If home is truly where the heart is, then Ellen Smith's heart is nestled among the cedar trees on a plot of ground south of Nevada. Her mobile home is modest by most standards, but it is where she has lived for more than 20 years -- where she spent the last 10 years of his life taking care of her bed-ridden husband...