Stories from Friday, July 25, 2014

Barbara Ann Drury Conwell, 74, passed away peacefully into her Lord's loving arms on Saturday, July 19, 2014. She was born on Nov. 30, 1939, to Maurice and Roberta Irene (Huff) Drury in Kirksville, Mo. She was married to Guy Conwell on Dec. 2, 1957...

Phil E. Hymer, 59, Nevada, Mo., passed away suddenly on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. He was born May 31, 1955, in Kansas City, Mo., to Robert Walter Hymer and Delphia (Hesser) Hymer. He married Mary Louise Scrogham on June 20, 1975, in Foster, MO, and she survives of the home...

Cory and Rebecca Erwin are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Arlie Mae Erwin. Arlie was born Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kan. Grandparents are Jim and Vickie Erwin, of Nevada, Mo., John Kunkel, of Gardner, Kan., and Vicki Kunkel, of Elmdale, Kan...

Nevada Daily Mail The 2014 Vernon County Youth Fair was a successful year in sales for exhibitors. Youth Fair Board members met Wednesday night to discuss this summer's fair, and said total livestock sales equaled a gross $306,399.20. Following check offs, commissions and other fees, the net amount was $272,466.13. This year's total fell slightly under the 2013 net amount of nearly $296,000, but gross sales were up $10,000 more than 2013...

Nevada Daily Mail Complaints from residents in Schell City have opened -- and closed -- a county drug investigation. The Vernon County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday that a county man who other residents believed was involved with narcotics has been taken into custody on felony warrants of possession of a controlled substance...

It was after midnight when an officer driving down the road noticed the car behind him was flashing its lights on and off. He pulled over to see what the driver behind him needed, and was greeted by the driver as he pulled up beside him. "Excuse me, officer," said a man through the window of the car...

By Richard Carpenter There is a political struggle over medical treatment and government involvement in medicine that is affecting our little portion of the country. I have decided to write this op-ed, in an attempt to essay a "common sense" viewpoint. It will be for you the readers to decide if you agree or not with this opinion...

Hi neighbors. I often watch television documentaries about archaeology digs and have noticed that they will take tons of sand, dirt, dust and small rocks and shake them through a sieve to find tiny bits of ceramics, animal bones, etc. Anthropologists and biologists do this to find tiny pieces of once living ancient people or animals like dinosaurs and Neanderthals...

Nevada Regional Medical Center's financials sank further into the red, with a net loss of $741,942 for June and $5,654,864 year to date. "$440,000 of this loss is because we needed to adjust contractual allowances and revenue was over recorded because we didn't have good numbers out of the system," Chief Financial Officer Greg Shaw said at the Financial Strength Committee meeting Tuesday...