Stories from Friday, December 26, 2014

Left: Tyler Kenney, Producers -- MFA Agri Services general manager and Marlana Shipley, Producers location manager, present a check for $5,000 from the MFA Charitable Foundation to Tim Haner, Vernon County Youth Fair Board rodeo chairman for improvements to the bucking chutes at the rodeo arena...

Nevada Daily Mail A call of a suicidal subject making threats to family members escalated late Tuesday night when the subject refused to come out of a camper that was next to a residence in the Horton area. According to a press release from the Vernon County Sheriff's Office, deputies were dispatched to the call around 8:30 Wednesday evening to deal with a subject that was reportedly making threats to family members who were close by. ...

Nevada Daily Mail One of the best things a book lover can do is share a book. That's precisely what the Nevada Readers Book Club wants to do with the establishment of Nevada's first Little Free Library. According to the book club, the Little Free Library is "simply a small house-like structure that contains donated books free for the taking with the expectation that anyone taking a book will also leave a book."...

My ability to deal with winter and cold weather has decreased at the same rate as my age has increased. This story will be printed just a couple of days after the official first day of winter. I am already counting the days till spring! About the only solace I can take is that the days are now getting longer. I just hope that this is one of those milder winters that we sometimes have in this part of Missouri...

We are still in the midst of Christmas giving. Many families postponed their family day to the weekend so that they could go to the "other" family on the actual date. Others chose to stay home with their immediate family to enjoy a quiet Christmas before the one shared by many aunts, uncles and cousins. ...