Stories from Thursday, August 8, 2013

John Patrick Heim, 75, of Sheldon, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, at his home. John was born July 8, 1938, in Mountain Grove, Mo., to Omar Ernest Heim and Mary Ann Muse Heim. John was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving from 1956--62. He loved to drive a truck and made his living as an over-the-road driver. John was a member of the American Legion in Nevada...

Darlene Ellen Fisher, 81, Nevada, went to be with Jesus Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo., following a lengthy illness. Darlene was born March 15, 1932, in Carroll County, Mo., to Roy William Goldsby and Georgia Ruth Albin Goldsby. She married George Walter Fisher on Aug. 2, 1949, in Miami, Mo., and he preceded her in death in 2000...

Nevada Daily Mail Despite flickering lights, no phone service and no Internet service, the Vernon County Commission met with Vernon County Public Administrator Tammy Bond on Wednesday to discuss issues of personnel and office space in her ground-floor office of the county courthouse...

Nevada Daily Mail With the Common Core state standards set to be implemented by 2014-2015 school year, some groups have voiced concerns about the standards. The main objection voiced by groups like ParentalRights.org and MissouriEducationWatchdog.com is that these standards might raise the prospect of privacy violations such as data mining of private student information...

The Bates County Sheriff's Office and CNET Drug Task Force conducted surveillance on a suspected drug house just off of AA Highway, west of I-49, Monday, Aug. 5. According to the Bates County Sheriff's Office, deputies observed suspicious activity at the house. ...

Nevada Daily Mail A better-educated and more prepared workforce can lure more jobs, and with higher pay. That's the rationale for efforts by the Nevada/Vernon County Economic Development Committee to certify the county workforce through a national standardized testing process and establish the county as a certified work ready community...

The Nevada Police Department says it has received several victims' reports of vandalism and thefts from parked automobiles that occurred during the overnight hours between Tuesday and Wednesday. Several recent cases reported to police involved the thefts of wallets and women's purses left in automobiles overnight...