Stories from Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Christina Marie Booth, 43, Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Oct. 19, 2015, at her home in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. Christina was born on Nov. 14, 1971, in Kansas City, Mo., to Bobby L. and Joyce Lee (Page) Wilson. She was united in marriage to Randy K. Booth on Nov. 21, 2001, in St. Lucia, and he survives of the home...

During the Civil War the stresses of families being separated was often reflected in the letters between husbands and wives. Such stress is reflected in the following letters from Assistant Surgeon A. J. Huntoon of the 5th Kansas volunteer Cavalry Regiment to his wife Lizzie who was back home in New Hampshire. ...

Dear Editor: Two small town hospitals in our region have recently closed their doors. The Sac Osage Hospital in Osceola, Mo., closed last fall and this month Mercy Hospital in Independence, Kan., closed. Both Osceola and Independence were hospitals in states where the Legislatures declined to enact Medicaid expansion...

Dear Editor: May I thank you for allowing me to express an opinion on the tragedy that erupted on still another school campus. Umpqua Community College, near Roseburg, Ore., became the scene of a killing field on Oct. 1, 2015, when Christopher Harper-Mercer, a 26-year-old student, fatally shot and killed nine people and injured nine others, several of them in critical condition. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The city of Nevada has been working for several years to reduce the amount of rainwater that infiltrates the city's sanitary sewer system. Currently the city has contracted with Rosetta Construction, Springfield, to replace the large corrugated metal interceptor lines that circle the city, as well make other improvements to the sewer system...

Nevada Daily Mail The Sheldon Lady Panthers junior high basketball team defeated the Northeast Vernon County Lady Knights, 21-6 Tuesday night in Sheldon, capping a perfect 9-0 season. Lady Panthers starting point guard Mahalia Swink led the way with 13 points...

Nevada Daily Mail Despite a valiant effort the Hume Lady Hornets season came to an end Tuesday night against the Osceola Indians in the semifinals of the Class 1 District 12 volleyball tournament in Rich Hill. Osceola is the defending district champion...

Nevada Daily Mail An easy two-set defeat of seventh-seeded Warsaw paved the way for the Nevada Lady Tigers to advance to the semifinals of the Class 3 District 11 volleyball tournament. Nevada won the first set 25-7 and the second set 25-8. The Tuesday night victory at Harrisonville High School was the Lady Tigers 13th in a row, as they improved to 22-10...

Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher shared his views on drug crimes and substance abuse at United States Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler's Anti-Drug Task Force meeting in Warsaw, Monday morning. The meeting was heavily attended by law enforcement officials, as well as those working in the drug recovery field. ...