Stories from Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Peggy Sue Seitz, 49, of Nevada, Mo., passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., after a six month illness. She was born Sept. 21, 1964, in Nevada, the second daughter of the late Gerald George Seitz and Betty Josephine (Claiborne) Seitz...

Layton Eugene Ware, 69, entered eternal rest on Aug. 26, 2013. He was born on May 26, 1944, to Effie Irene Hankins and Edward James Ware in Stotesbury, Mo. Lew, as he was affectionately known, was a resident of Deming, N.M., at the time of his death. He was formerly from Sheldon, Mo. He married Ursula Altwasser in 1967 and she preceded him in death. He later married Janice Frye on Nov. 29, 2006, and she survives of the home...

Nevada Daily Mail Li Rui, 32, living in China, thought his life was empty and felt broken hearted everyday. His solution? Bike around the world. Starting in Iran, eight months later he arrived in Nevada on Thursday. Along the way he picked up a bicyclist he met in Taiwan, Liu Li, 27...

The Nevada Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public its seventh opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your medications for disposal to the Nevada Police Department Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 120 S. Ash St. in Nevada. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked...

The Nevada City Council will hold the final reading of a general ordinance setting term limits and attendance requirements for members of the city's boards, authority or commissions when it meets at 7 p.m., today in the council chambers in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash St...

Nevada Daily Mail Hume School District R-8 will consider leasing two solar panel systems from Brightenergy and put them on the roofs of its elementary and high school buildings. John Conger from Brightenergy presented the Hume School Board with the proposal at its meeting Wednesday...