Stories from Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Marion F. Keener, 96, of Rich Hill, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, at Willow Lane Care Center, Butler, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 8, at the Heuser Funeral Home with burial at Green Lawn Cemetery, Rich Hill. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, at the Heuser Funeral Home with Masonic rites. Memorial contributions may be made to the Double Branch Christian Church in care of Heuser Funeral Home...

Mark Allen Malcom, 51, Tampa, Fla., passed away at his home on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, following a short illness. Mark was born on March 5, 1963, in Austin, Texas, to Donald Ray and Elaine (Bobbett) Malcom. He was united in marriage to Colleen Ann Glentz on July 19, 1997, in Fayetteville, N.C., and she survives of the home...

Wilma Ellen Sullivan, 90, a former resident of rural Hume, Mo., died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, at the Country View Nursing Home, in Prescott, Kan., following a lengthy illness. She was born Feb. 8, 1924, in Sheldon, Mo., the daughter of George Ford and Sylvia Hoover Ford. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Mike Buehler was sworn in as the new county clerk on Dec. 24, and took office Jan. 1, replacing the retiring Tammi Beach, and Monday morning he submitted his 2015 proposed budget for the county clerk's office to the Vernon County Commission...

Nevada Daily Mail Judy Feuquay, Nevada Regional Medical Center CEO, announced she would be stepping down from her position after 10 years. David Hample was later appointed interim CEO. Gregg Shaw began as the new CFO Feb. 24. The hospital also decided to discontinue their sports programs in order to reduce the overall cost of operations...

Nevada Daily Mail After an 18 day layoff, the Nevada Lady Tigers returned to the court with a vengeance, walloping the Monett Lady Cubs 70-18 Monday night at Wynn Gym. With the victory, Nevada improves to 8-2 overall (and 5-1 in West Central Conference play)...