Stories from Wednesday, August 6, 2014

James Joseph Kramer, 74, a resident of Fort Scott, died Saturday, Aug. 2, at his home. He was born Sept. 16, 1939, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of James Franklin Kramer and Mamie Francis Taiclet Kramer. He married Cecelia Killion Key on March 12, 2005, at Fort Scott. He served with the United States Army and the Kansas Army National Guard from 1957 to 1962...

Stanley Lee Urner, 71, Nevada, Mo., passed away Aug. 4, 2014, at the Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. Stanley was born Feb. 28, 1943, in Nevada, to Anthony McCain Urner and Viola Frances (Vaughn) Urner. Stanley was a lifelong resident of Nevada, except for six years which he spent in California...

Patrick and Jennifer Kimmell, of Nevada, Mo., and older sisters, Kirsten and Abigail, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Patrick Adam Kimmell II. Patrick was born at 2:43 a.m., Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/2 inches...

Nevada Daily Mail The city of Nevada regularly receives federal matching grants for improvements at the municipal airport that are included in the airport master plan. These grants frequently require the city to provide a 10 percent match, often in the form of in-kind service and must be used in a three-year time period...

Nevada Daily Mail In the 2014 primary elections Tuesday, 3,445, or 30 percent, of Vernon County's 11,380 registered voters cast a vote for Constitutional Party, Democratic Party, Libertarian Party and Republican Party members. Of the five amenments to the Missouri Constitution, four passed...

Nevada Daily Mail The 2014 Nevada Griffons baseball season ended on July 22 with a strong finish, the team winning the last six games. Team members come from colleges and universities around the country and stay with host families in the Nevada area for the summer, and after the season ends, the players return to their homes and schools...

Nevada Daily Mail The trees around Bronaugh will get some much needed attention the Bronaugh Board of Aldermen decided at its meeting Monday. "I've noticed we have a lot of trees hanging low on a lot of the streets," mayor Sherry Brown said. "Oak Street is really bad. We'll put out a small ad, everyone can let me know what areas need work, and we'll have a map for the tree trimmers."...