Stories from Friday, September 18, 2015

Lola Mae Barbour, 96, of Walker, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, following a short illness. She was born in the Harwood area on Nov. 19, 1918, to the late Earnest Franklin Radde and Lucy Mae Steel Radde. Lola Mae attended Harwood School. On Nov. 10, 1939, she was united in marriage to Cecil Hayden Barbour who preceded her in death on July 1, 2006. To this union two children were born, Helen Marie and Kenneth Cecil...

Logan "Alex" McKee Jr., 89, Nevada, Mo., died on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, at Nevada Nursing & Rehab, in Nevada. Services will be held 11 a.m., Monday, Sept. 21, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada. Interment will follow at 12:30 p.m., in the Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m., prior to the service at the funeral home...

Nevada Daily Mail The American Red Cross is trying to help low-income, high-risk homeowners with their national home fire preparedness campaign. Thomas A. Zeller, Red Cross disaster IT field operation support, spoke at the Vernon County Local Emergency Planning Committee monthly meeting, Wednesday, about the American Red Cross' goal of installing 15,000 smoke detectors in homes of those most in need...

Nevada Daily Mail The late Jean Haner of Vernon County was among 46 Missourians, who were inducted into the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame Aug. 15 at Stauffacher Center for the Fine Arts on the State Fair Community College campus in Sedalia. The Missouri 4-H Foundation annually recognizes the work of 4-H friends and volunteers through its annual recognition and awards program, said Rachel Augustine, associate director of University of Missouri Extension's 4-H Foundation...

Nevada Daily Mail The Third Annual RESPECT Day in Nevada brought together service providers, government and law enforcement, and members of the public, all convening to learn more, offer support, and strengthen the community's mental health. Amanda Fisher, co-chair of Crisis Intervention Team's Coordinating Council, served as the day's emcee...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Lady Tigers dropped a 4-3 contest to Warrensburg Thursday evening at Bushwhacker Field. Nevada is 9-5 overall and 2-1 in West Central Conference play. "Overall we're making improvements," Nevada head coach Tammy Holcomb said. "Defensively, we had two errors that I felt like really cost us. And some of that is inexperience from young kids. But defensively, we still did what we needed to do to win the game."...