Stories from Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Velma Cordelia Hall, 94, formerly of Sheldon and Nevada, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, in Kansas City, Kan. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 8, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada. Interment will follow in Sheldon Cemetery, Sheldon, Mo...

Ethan Gene Warner, 3 years, three months, and 25 days, of Nevada, Mo., passed from this life Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, at Children's Mercy Hospital, in Kansas City. He was born July 8, 2011, in Bolivar, Mo. During Ethan's short life he loved spending time playing outside, loved to play Ninja Turtles, and also loved watching the movie Frozen with his sisters. He was full of life and energy and was deeply loved by his family...

A few weeks ago, I was walking through the jail and, as I walked by someone in the booking room, I heard him say, "Hey I work for the FBI and I need to talk to you." I have become used to the fact that any time I try and walk through the jail, just about every inmate wants to talk about something and try to get my attention, so I have to be very selective on how much time I spend talking to people in the jail or I will be back there all day...

The Battle of Westport, Mo,, on Oct. 23, 1864, has been called the "Gettysburg of the West" because like the Battle of Gettysburg in July of 1863, in south central Pennsylvania, the Union victory stopped a major Confederate campaign very deep in "Northern" territory. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council voted 4-0, with Nevada Mayor Seth Barrett excused, to pass on first reading a special ordinance approving an agreement with M-NOD Taxi & Shuttle to operate the city's public transportation program during 2015. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Carrie Poe will be Vernon County's new Circuit Court Clerk. She will replace Vickie Erwin, who is retiring after having dedicated 24 years of service to the county. Poe, a Democrat, defeated Republican challenger Moria Randall in what turned out to be the tightest local race of the night...

Nevada Daily Mail Mike Buehler narrowly defeated Paula Messner for election as clerk of the county commission Tuesday night. Buehler, a Republican, took 51.52 percent of the vote, with 2,815, compared to Messner's 2,645. Buehler will replace longtime County Clerk Tammi Beach, who is in the last year of a four-year term. Beach was first sworn into the position in January 2003, and has won re-election for the job for the following two elections...

Nevada Daily Mail Joe Hardin won by 297 votes, defeating Democratic incumbent Bonnie McCord in the race for Vernon County Presiding Commissioner. The Republican challenger polled 2,911 votes, garnering nearly 53 percent of the vote, while McCord finished with 2,614 votes...

Nevada Daily Mail Republican challenger Brandi McInroy won in convincing fashion Tuesday night, defeating incumbent Prosecuting Attorney Lynn Ewing with a comfortable margin. McInroy polled 80 percent of the votes cast, picking up 4,436 of the votes, compared to Ewing's 1,092...

Nevada Daily Mail Patricia Pike will follow her husband as State Representative for the 126th District, having defeated Democrat Sam Foursha of Nevada. She will replace her late husband, Randy Pike, who was elected to the office in 2012. He was running for his second term when he died unexpectedly...

The Nevada Middle School's seventh grade girls' basketball team opened the season Tuesday night at home against Butler. Thirteen girls will suit up for the Tigers this year. The team is comprised of Zoie Farmer, Calli Beshore, Hailee Lundine, Payne Dahmer, Teagan Charles, Lani Coonrod, Caramon Coambes, Lindsay Phebus, Kate Burch, Lindley Ferry, Alexis Leighty, Alyssa Wilson, and Jadeann Highley...

Nevada Daily Mail The Northeast Vernon County Knights junior high boys basketball team carried over their momentum from last week's Golden Valley tournament into the first round of Monday's Hume Invitational, walloping the Butler Bears 34-19. Fresh off their Golden Valley tournament champion run, the NEVC Lady Knights fell to Butler, 31-23, Monday night in Hume...