Stories from Saturday, May 11, 2013

Hi neighbors. This Sunday is a special day for most families in America. It is Mother's Day. Mother's Day is always a good day to celebrate our living mothers, aunts, grandmothers, mothers-in-law, and other older females in our circles of friends and family...

Having someone on the road 24 hours a day is a goal we have been working on since the first of the year. There are two basic approaches to patrolling the streets; pro-active policing and re-active policing. To achieve the most effective method, you have to do both. ...

National Day of Prayer is a unique celebration because this observance is a celebration of our freedoms, freedoms that have been with us from the beginning of our country. It is a particularly poignant day each year and grows more important in relevance at a time when many in the religious community feel they are under increasing attack from those who they believe would deny these same freedoms...

Dear Editor: I am writing this in response to another letter to the editor I saw regarding gay marriage. Though the argument was framed as a religious one, with several Bible verses included, I'm going to go a different route with it, though I will be quoting a very old source as well. Besides, I'm not out to attack anyone's beliefs, just to support the rights of others...

Two rural Nevada residents have been charged with possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, maintaining or keeping a public nuisance, unlawful possession of a concealed firearm and endangering the welfare of a child. Tyler Hackleman, 38, and Heather Brown, 36, were arrested Wednesday morning and booked into the Vernon County jail after county authorities armed with a "no-knock" warrant, searched their residence at 18919 South 1200 Road, southwest of Nevada...

A man charged with killing his wife in July 2009, appeared before Judge Neal Quitno on Friday and waived his right to a preliminary hearing on the murder charge. Bob Beisly II, 57, of Nevada, is charged with murder in connection with the death of his estranged wife, Belinda Beisly, whose body was found in her rural Richards home July 15, 2009, when a deputy arrived at the home to check her well-being...

A former Bronaugh school counselor facing six felony charges for allegedly having sexual contact with two students pleaded guilty Friday after four counts were dropped and two others were reduced to misdemeanors. Lori Layher, 36, pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree assault, both Class A misdemeanors. A plea agreement reached by the prosecution and defense attorney Christopher Mirakian allowed Layher to plead guilty to the lesser charges rather than face an Aug. 26 trial...

Frances Worthington Chant, 83, passed away of cancer on Sunday, April 28, 2013, at her home at Christian Care Manor in Mesa, Ariz., where she was a long-time resident. Preceded in death by her son, Howard L. Chant Jr., Mrs. Chant leaves behind a daughter, Rebecca I. ...

Gary W. Jennings, born Nov. 1, 1936, died on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Funeral services will be held today, May 11, at 2 p.m., at Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill. Interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Rich Hill. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Fund in care of Heuser Funeral Home...

Patty J. Hulse, 72, Nevada, died on Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Fairfield, Texas. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com