Stories from Friday, February 28, 2014

It is the last week of February, and I think we deserve a break of some kind. According to the Weather Channel, this is the longest period of cold weather, covering the largest portion of our country, since 1977. We were given a brief reprieve last week, but here we go again. The best medicine I can prescribe to alleviate our collective cases of "cabin fever," is a warm up story...

This week we rode up to Kansas City. The weather was good and we didn't have to go at the crack of dawn and all the doctor reports were positive. Since I was sitting in the back seat I could look outside from a different angle than my usual driver seat. We have lived around Highway 71, (It still is 71 in addition to the Interstate number) most of our married lives and know all the towns along the way fairly well...

Nevada Daily Mail Two Vernon County men charged with burglary and theft earlier this month appeared in court Thursday. Chance Hill, 19, of Richards, and Gavin Doolin, 17, of Milo, have been charged with second degree burglary and theft/stealing of a firearm. Both were arrested on Feb. 16 by Vernon County Sheriff's deputies in connection with the theft of nearly 20 firearms and ammunition...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada resident Steve Reed was honored by the Ozarks Trails Council Boy Scouts of America Saturday, Feb. 1, receiving the Silver Beaver award at their annual banquet. Reed, who is the Cottey College director of public information and is a member of the Nevada Rotary Club, represents the Mo-Kan District, a five-county area that includes Vernon and Barton counties in Missouri and Bourbon, Cherokee, and Crawford counties in Kansas...

Nevada Daily Mail The Western Missouri 911 Dispatch Center is working to make emergency response better for those in the Nevada rural fire district. Tonia Davis, Western Missouri executive director, along with Nevada Chief Information Officer Mark Mitchell, will be working to create a database of Nevada rural fire members. Currently, no database exists, which can make it difficult for dispatchers to determine what fire department should be dispatched to an emergency...

Nancy Jane (Ward) Zaring, 86, Nevada, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. Nancy was born July 22, 1927, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., to Fred Foster Ward and Lola Irene (McMillan) Ward. She was united in marriage to Stanley Pettibon in the 1940s and he preceded her in death. ...