Stories from Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Barbara Ann Dare, 80, a longtime resident of Uniontown, Kan., now residing at Guest Home Estates, in Fort Scott, Kan., went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ in heaven early Monday morning, Jan. 25, 2016. She was born Oct. 7, 1935, in Milo, Mo., the daughter of Howard E. ...

George Douglas Campbell, 64, Nevada, Mo., departed this life on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, at Freeman West Hospital, in Joplin, Mo., following a yearlong battle with health issues. Doug was born Dec. 19, 1951, in Lyons, Kan., to George Burris and Viola Ann (Barkow) Campbell. On Aug. 2, 1975, he was united in marriage to Judith G. Flickinger in Pretty Prairie, Kan., and she survives of the home...

Thomas Myer Robinson, infant son of Kurtis Blaine Robinson and Ashley Marie Beeman died, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, at Children's Mercy Hospital, in Kansas City, Mo. A graveside service will be held at 3:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 29, at Newton Burial Park in Nevada...

Kristin and Jake Ellis, of Farmington, Mo., and older brother, Henry Ellis, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Samuel Jacob Ellis. Samuel was born at 4:19 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at Parkland Health Center, in Farmington, Mo. He weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 21 inches long...

With this recent cold weather it appears that "winter" has finally arrived. To date there has been very little snow, sleet, freezing rain or ice. However, the recent "rains" created a good bit of MUD until the ground became frozen. Just wait until it warms up a bit and there will be more MUD. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Police have identified a suspect in a stabbing that occurred Sunday morning around 7 in Nevada. The man, described in his late 20s or early 30s, is already in custody and is in the Vernon County Jail on unrelated motor vehicle charges...

Nevada Daily Mail One of Vernon County's most wanted was captured Tuesday morning at a residence in Milo. According to Vernon County Sheriff's Office officials, investigators received information that Necole L. Brown, 29, of Nevada, was taken into custody after investigators surrounded a residence in Milo having received information that Brown was inside...

Nevada Daily Mail The Children's Center hosted an open house, ribbon cutting and dedication of its new facility, located at 324 Mac Blvd., Nevada. The event Tuesday ended a search for a site that spanned the Vernon County Child Advocacy Council's decision to bring a center to Nevada in 2001 to the local advisory committee's commitment in finding a permanent home in 2013...

The Nevada Tigers eighth A-basketball team fell to Fort Scott Middle School 32-27, Monday in Fort Scott. Nevada's Dalton Gayman finished with a team-high 12 points, while Austin Bash added 11. Nevada's B-team was defeated by FSMS 16-15. Kolby O'Connell tallied four points...

The Nevada Tigers swim team placed second at the nine-team Redbird Invitational Jan. 23 in Webb City. The Lady Tigers performance was made all the more impressive when you factor in that they were without three of their top swimmers: Mikayala Mohrman, Maddie McCaffree and Melody Reichard. ...

Nevada Daily Mail A hearing officer has set a new commercial value for 3M, a decision that has been affirmed by the State Tax Commission of Missouri. Hearing officer Maureen Monaghan set aside the County Board of Equalization value for tax years 2013 and 2014. Monaghan set a new commercial value of $5.9 million on an assessed value of $1.8 million. In her decision, she noted that the agricultural property valued at $12,350 (assessed value of $1,480) wasn't in dispute...

The top-seeded Nevada Tigers basketball team was tested by No. 8 seed Versailles in the opening-round of the Clinton Tournament Tuesday evening. The 51-48 victory improved the Tigers to 11-4 overall. After falling behind 9-4 to open the game, Nevada closed the first quarter on a 12-2 blitz to take a five point lead. The Tigers outscored Versailles 17-8 in the second quarter to take a commanding 33-19 halftime lead...