Stories from Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Anna Geneva Parrish, 87, of Montevallo, Mo., passed away Sunday, May 1, 2016, at Cedar County Memorial Hospital after a short illness. She was born Oct. 5, 1928, to Arthur and Eunice Egbert in Gorin, Mo. She attended and graduated from Gorin School in 1947. Anna was a member of Gorin Methodist Church since her childhood...

Members from several departments of the Vernon County Sheriff's Office including Patrol, Investigations, and the Special Response Team raided a residential home Saturday evening during the execution of a search warrant on S AA Hwy in Dederick. During the raid, suspected methamphetamines, and drug paraphernalia were seized. One arrest was made during the search but names have not been released pending the filing of formal charges...

The Vernon County Sheriff's Office is asking for the publics assistance in locating a wanted fugitive for failure to register as a sex offender. In a press release issued Tuesday afternoon, Sheriff Jason Mosher said a felony warrant has been issued for 30-year-old David Crane for failure to register as a sex offender...

Nevada Daily Mail On Feb. 28, the Sheldon Betterment Committee welcomed a guest speaker from the United States Department of Agriculture. Area Specialist Robin Kuhns from Butler presented on Direct Homeownership Loans and Home Repair Loans and Grants...

Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County has a new 4-H youth development specialist and his name is Landon Sullivan. "First, before I say one word about myself, let me just tip my hat to my predecessor and the wonderful job she did. I am most certainly not replacing Amanda Davis, just succeeding her."...

Nevada Daily Mail On April 21, 2009, the city of Nevada and the Vernon County Commission jointly formed the Western Missouri 911 Commission. Sometime in the next 90 days or so that entity is scheduled to disappear to be replaced by a new 911 dispatch operated by the Vernon County Sheriff's Office based on the terms of an agreement the Nevada City Council voted 4-0, with council member Lance Christie excused, to pass on first reading. ...

The Nevada Tigers concluded their 2016 home-slate with a Tuesday evening affair against border-rival Fort Scott High School (Kan). After jumping out to a 3-1 lead, Fort Scott stormed back for an 11-4 victory. With the loss, Nevada is 10-13 overall (5-5 West Central Conference) while Fort Scott improves to 12-5 overall...

According to a May 4, press release from the Vernon County Ambulance District, "James McKenzie has notified the Vernon County Ambulance District that he will accept the position of Director from Sub-District 5 and that he will appear at the next regular meeting to take the oath of office. ...