Stories from Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Everett E. Woody, 78, lost his courageous battle with cancer and entered his eternal heavenly home on Oct. 30, 2014, at the Cedar County Memorial Hospital. Everett was the youngest son of Earl and Hazel (Green) Woody, born Nov. 21, 1935, in El Dorado Springs, Mo...

Audrey Maxine Miller Hamel, 66, of Hume, Mo., passed from this life Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, at KU Medical Center, in Kansas City, Kan. She was born Dec. 6, 1947, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Roy Jr. and Margie Maxine (Brooks) Johnson. She was united in marriage to Edwin (Fox) Miller, in 1974, and he preceded her in death in 1986. She later married John Hamel on Nov. 8, 1988, in Miami, Okla., and he survives of the home...

Technology and building upkeep were among the central issues taken up by the Hume R-8 School Board in their regular session. Superintendent David Quick stated the school system had received 20 new laptops, with 12 being distributed to the elementary students and eight going to the high school...

Technology and building upkeep were among the central issues taken up by the Hume R-8 School Board in their regular session. Superintendent David Quick stated the school system had received 20 new laptops, with 12 being distributed to the elementary students and eight going to the high school...

Each year the Missouri Association for Pupil Transportation holds a poster contest and then presents an award to the creator of the best poster in each of four divisions. This year during the M.A.P.T.'s 49th annual conference in July the association selected the poster created by 16-year-old Tanner Johnson, a student at Cedar Ridge School, as the first place winner in Division 4...

Nevada Daily Mail The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating the shooting death of a deputy with the Cedar County Sheriff's Office. Cedar County Sheriff Leon Dwerlkotte requested the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control conduct an investigation following the Nov. 2 shooting...

Nevada Daily Mail "My job is to listen to you and take your ideas back to Washington," said U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler at Thursday's Rotary meeting at the Nevada Country Club. Those ideas come from her trips around the fourth Congressional district as well as meetings her staff holds in the district...

Mr. Lester Thornton writes that by increasing the minimum wage, the poverty rate would be reduced. Raising wages is obviously a good idea, but raising wages by government fiat is the wrong way to achieve it. Our nation was founded as an opportunity society and that opportunity was created by instituting the principles of free market capitalism...

In the coming election, which power will win -- the power of the ideas which made our nation great or the negative claims offered by critics of our government? It might help to remember a song popular in 1945-46. Based on a sermon heard by one of the authors, it touched a much-needed chord of hope during and after World War II...

Three Nevada Tigers volleyball players picked up West Central Conference post-season accolades. Senior middle hitter Rilie Good was named first team All-Conference, along with fellow senior, setter Morgan McNeley. Junior libero Lexie Overton garnered second team All-Conference honors...

Nevada Daily Mail BRONAUGH ---- The Sheldon Panthers defeated the Northeast Vernon County Knights 41-34 Saturday night, in the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference junior high boys championship game. On the girls side, led by point guard Makinsey Conner's 17 points, the NEVC Lady Knights thumped the Montrose Bluejays 32-13 in the championship game matchup...