Stories from Friday, April 3, 2015

Joyce "Joy" E. Kimbrough, 89, Nevada, died March 31, 2015, at Spring River Christian Village, following a short illness. Joy was born Jan. 11, 1926, in Neosho, and was a lifelong area resident. She worked at Cudahay cheese for more than 15 years and was a homemaker. She loved to garden, dance, animals and spending time with her family...

During my lifetime, many diverse non-family individuals have entered the stream of my life. Some have become lifelong friends. Others appeared, then after a time began to drift away. This collage of people has made for what one might refer to as -- "strange bedfellows!"...

The public school system in Washington, D.C., in the 1930s and 1940s gave the children an unsupervised full hour for lunch. Some of the children went home for lunch, some went across Wisconsin Avenue and bought things at a delicatessen, others brought their lunches in a lunch box or brown paper bag. ...

Dear Editor: After reading the article written by Jason Mosher, Wake up America, I think he is right. Didn't all of our relatives and friends die in a war to keep our America free -- RED, WHITE, and BLUE, with an American flag to represent all this sacrifice and freedom?...

Why are you running? We are "all in" as to our investment in Nevada, my business interests are very concentrated and expanding; and our kids are growing up in this community. I want to make sure that we have a safe, progressive, sustainable community to provide all the opportunities for our children to grow up healthy and well prepared for where their next steps might lead them. ...

Why are you running? Running for city council has been something I have been considering for the last few years ... and after much thought and a challenge from some of my students, I have decided that now is as good a time as any. I teach government at Nevada High School, and civic responsibility is something that my students and I were discussing just prior to the time to file for city council began. ...

I am Jayne Novak, candidate for Nevada city council. I moved to Nevada about 22 years ago when I married my husband, Jim Novak, who is a life-long resident. Together, we have five children. Jennifer is employed at Heartland as a case manager and also helps manage Century 6. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada police concluded an investigation of a suspected assault and drug case that stemmed from an attempt to arrest a shoplifter, which was reported to police March 31. Employees of a department store located in the 2200 block of East Lincoln observed a suspect remove several items from store stock and hide the merchandise inside his clothing. Upon approaching the suspect to detain and hold for the police, the suspect bolted from the store to the parking lot...

Nevada Daily Mail In popular police television series, law enforcement agencies are shown to be constantly in action, arresting the bad guys and always coming out on top. Meanwhile, what we see of local police departments sometimes leads us to think all they do is make traffic stops and write speeding tickets...