Stories from Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Patricia Darlene Gardner, 80, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2013, at her home in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. She was born on April 5, 1933, in Braymer, Mo., to Freddie Cobb and Minnie Rodella Cooper Cobb. She married Richard Lee Gardner on June 16, 1952, in Chillicothe, Mo., and he preceded her in death on Nov. 5, 1989...

Patty Joan Hulse, 72, of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Fairfield, Texas, following a lengthy illness. She was born on April 21, 1941, in Nevada, to George Edwin Shepley and Naomi Arnold Shepley. She married Norman E. Hulse on Oct. 24, 1959, in Nevada, and he survives of the home...

Bonnie Lou Short, 82, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Barone Alzheimer's Care Center, in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. She was born on July 19, 1930, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., to Ira Collins and Alma Galvin Collins. She married Daniel Elwood Short on June 10, 1942, in Fort Scott, Kan., and he preceded her in death on April 3, 2005...

Zadia RE Houser, 93, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2013, at Freeman Health System West, Joplin, Mo. She was born on June 18, 1919, in Nowata, Okla., to Robert E. Childress and Margaret Tennie Slape Childress. She married Artis Earl Houser on Feb. 10, 1940, in Paris, Ark., and he preceded her in death in February 1982...

Marilyn M. Bigham, 85, Nevada, died Monday, May 13, 2013, at Christian Healthcare in Nevada. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

An El Dorado Springs woman was injured in a single vehicle accident that happened in the southeastern corner of Vernon County early Saturday morning. Gracie R. Parrish, 19, received serious injuries when the southbound 1995 Chevrolet S10 pickup she was driving ran off the roadway and overturned...

Two people were arrested following a vehicle pursuit Thursday that began in the Rich Hill area and ultimately ended with arrests in Vernon County the following day. Johnathon S. Howard, 26, was charged in Bates County with resisting arrest by fleeing, with bond set at $7500 cash or surety. Authorities later determined that Howard had recently been released from the Missouri Department of Corrections...

The good news is that in spite of the snow, rain and cold weather in late April and early May, the construction of the new performing arts center and multi-purpose building at Nevada High School are still well ahead of schedule. "We've only lost one day," Aaron Hight, construction manager on the projects for Crossland Construction, said after a tour of the two buildings Wednesday...

On April 15, two bombs detonated at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring 264. To mark the one-month anniversary and to honor those affected by the bombing the Nevada Parks and Recreation Depart-ment will be hosting a Boston Marathon Memorial 5K Run/Walk Wednesday...

Farming is dangerous work and something as simple as checking the cows can and did lead to an accident that nearly cost a Moundville man his life. David Daniels had stopped on a bridge over the creek to check his cows, but when he got ready to leave, he said, the "old truck wouldn't start."...

Farming is dangerous work and something as simple as checking the cows can and did lead to an accident that nearly cost a Moundville man his life. David Daniels had stopped on a bridge over the creek to check his cows, but when he got ready to leave, he said, the "old truck wouldn't start."...