Stories from Thursday, July 18, 2013

Mary Evelyn Feller, 81, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at Christian Healthcare, in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. She was born Sept. 6, 1931, in Coffeyville, Kan., to Charles Herbert Pyle and Evelyn Rebecca Fuller Pyle. She was married to Hank Lathrop and he preceded her in death in 1965. She later married Owen Feller in 1968 and he preceded her in death in 2002...

Nevada Daily Mail You would expect some odd things to happen at the sheriff's office and jail, but some are almost beyond belief. Take a little incident that happened Tuesday for example. Since the sheriff's office is part of my beat, I'm in and out of the office from time to time. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Just six months into his first term as southern commissioner, Everett Wolfe said the experience has been "very eye opening." Wolfe said he has served on the township board, cemetery board and other forms of public service, but none of them have been anything like being a county commissioner...

Nevada Daily Mail A cooperative effort of the Vernon County Sheriff's Office and the Community Narcotics Enforcement Team Drug Task Force has taken another alleged drug dealer off the streets of Nevada. On Tuesday deputies arrested David E. Perkey, 56, of Nevada on a class B felony charge of distribution of a controlled substance after Perkey allegedly accepted delivery of four eight-balls -- about 14 grams or half an ounce -- of methamphetamine that he is accused of buying from an undercover task force agent.. ...

Nevada Daily Mail A third suspect in the alleged theft of more than $30,000 from a Nevada man's bank account surrendered Tuesday and was arrested, Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher said. Brittani L. McDaniel, 23, of Nevada turned herself in at the sheriff's office, Mosher said. McDaniel is faced with a single felony count of stealing...

By Neoma Foreman Special to the Daily Mail Floyd McComas was 34 years old and been married for seven years when he was drafted into the U. S. Army in August 1943. "I'd just gotten the job I really wanted, but I have no regrets," said McComas, who will celebrate his 104th birthday July 29...