Stories from Thursday, October 3, 2013

Billy Joe Collins, 80, Nevada, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, at his home in Nevada. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced and scheduled at a later date by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Cash Davis, Eureka, Kan., won the Champion Mutton Bustin' at the Ak-Sar-Ben River City Rodeo and Stock Show at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Neb., Sept. 26-28. The Ak-Sar-Ben River City Rodeo, also host to the Wrangler Million Dollar Tour Championships, attracts many of the world's best rodeo cowboys and entertainers...

The Vernon County 4-H Council will be holding its annual Chicken Barbecue Saturday, Oct. 5, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Vernon County fairgrounds in the home economics building, Dinners are $8 each and come with 1/2 chicken, potato, bread, beans or cole slaw. The 4-H council will have 100 dinners ready to sell at the door and people are welcome to eat there or take out...

Nevada High School FBLA members Aspyn Sloniker, Kayli Wilson, Kaitlyn Wilson, Kiersten Lanham, Seth Alexander, Kymeron Sloniker, Callee Jenkins, Taryn Charles, Christy Sloniker, Wyatt Jenkins, and Amber Jenkins, FBLA adviser, attended the Four States Heart Walk in Joplin, Sept. 28, at Missouri Southern State University...

Nevada Daily Mail Members of the Dianas club will be grilling up some burgers and serving lunch on the Square from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 8. The annual Dianas scholarship luncheon has been raising money for two scholarships for women high school seniors in Vernon County for more than 40 years...

JEFFERSON CITY -- With Fire Prevention Week 2013 scheduled for Oct. 6-12, State Fire Marshal Randy Cole is urging Missourians to learn about and take simple steps to prevent kitchen fires. More fires occur in the kitchen than in any other room of the house. Cooking is the leading cause of home fires and of home fire-related injuries...