Stories from Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Carolyn Ann Durnell, 69, El Dorado Springs, Mo., died on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at her home. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, at Sheldon Funeral Home, with burial in the El Dorado Springs City Cemetery. The family received friends Tuesday, May 28, from 7 to 8 p.m., at the Sheldon Funeral Home, El Dorado Springs...

A bridge on Stockade Road, a half-mile west of Highway T, has been closed for a widening project. According to Lynn Seaver, county road and bridge crew foreman, his crew will widen the 14-foot bridge to 22 feet and construction will take approximately two weeks. Weather delays could extend construction time...

The Western Missouri 911 Dispatch Center board of directors decided a week ago, to nominate members chosen from local responding agencies to an operational board . City Manager JD Kehrman, Police Chief Graham Burnley and Sheriff Jason Mosher -- members of the board of directors -- were joined by Deputy Shayne Simmons, acting as proxy for Presiding Commissioner Bonnie McCord, at the meeting...

Following the Dec. 12, 2012, shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the Nevada R-5 School District began looking at ways to upgrade the security at the district's school buildings. Tuesday morning the school board held a special meeting to consider bids to address these concerns that have been discussed during several board meetings...

More than two dozen special athletes, friends and family members joined Nevada police and other law enforcement officers Saturday for an annual torch run, indicating that Missouri Special Olympics is just around the corner. The Missouri Police Chiefs Association founded Missouri's Law Enforcement Torch Run in 1986 as a way to raise awareness and support for Special Olympics...

Nevada Daily Mail For former Cottey student Lois Watson Lee, there's no place she'd rather be in late May than at Cottey College's Vacation College. The weeklong session is geared toward Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) members, BILs ("Brothers-in-Law" -- P.E.O. husbands), alumnae, and others interested in continuing the lifelong learning process...

Nevada Daily Mail From new bachelor's degrees to the school's current fundraising campaign, those attending the Cottey "Vacation College," and faculty and staff at the college, as well as community supporters, got an update from Dr. Judy Rogers, Cottey College president, on the state of the college and all things Cottey...

Local high school athletes will be featured in two all-star events, June 7 and 8, at Parkview High School. Football all-stars will compete in the 12th annual Sertoma Grin Iron Classic, an East vs. West competition, at 7:30 p.m., June 7, at JFK Stadium. For the second year, a girls' all-star volleyball tournament will take place in the Parkview High School gymnasium, starting at 1 p.m., June 8...

The El Dorado Christian School track teams traveled to Johnson County Community College on May 10, to compete in the 2013 ISAAC Track Meet. Daniel King led the boys' team with a total of five medals; gold in the 200- and 400-meter dash, gold in the 4x400-meter medley relay, silver in the 100-meter dash and bronze in the high jump. Senior Hans Miller won gold in the 1,600-meter run, gold in the 4x400-meter medley relay, silver in the high jump, and a bronze medal in the 100-meter dash...