Stories from Saturday, July 23, 2016

Members of the 205th Military Police Battalion of the Missouri Army National Guard trained at the Vernon County Jail last week as part of their training for military police detention. According to Sheriff's Officials, the jail provided a first-hand look at the jails airlock systems for room-to-room containment, inmate security, and overall safety factors of a jail facility. ...

Hi neighbors. This last week I attended the funeral of a beloved aunt. She was 89 years old. She was my father's sister and was the only remaining family member of that generation. Although there was more than a 20 year age difference, we felt very comfortable talking with each other and we had become good friends. She had been home-bound for a few years but though we seldom talked face to face, we did have one to two hour chats on the telephone fairly often...

Dear Editor: We would like to thank the three special ladies on the committee (Marjeana Smith, Harva Miller and Janise Burch) for this special time of getting together the members, parents and leaders of the Vernon County 4-H Drill Team. A great time was had by all...

Nevada Daily Mail The Neal Center, located at 301 N. Main in Nevada serves as a cooling center from 8am to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, for anyone who needs a respite from the heat. Anyone, any age is welcome to come in and spend as long as you would like in our air conditioned building. The Neal Center also offers free water, iced tea and free WiFi...

Nevada Daily Mail "Of the nine handbook changes I want to go over tonight, the first is the one that's raised the most response from students and parents," said Chris Hudson, principal of Northeast Vernon County High School in Walker as she addressed the school board, Thursday night...

Nevada Daily Mail On Monday, in circuit court in Nevada, William J. "Billy" Barger was arraigned on four counts of burglary and four counts of armed criminal action in relation to the home invasion in November 2009 in which Barger and others are alleged to have broken into the home of Chuck and Linda Scammel of Richards...

When Charles Miller moved to the Ozarks from Colorado, he thought his trout fishing days were behind him. It came as a big surprise when he found that there were some good trout fishing throughout Missouri. After being in the state a few weeks, he picked up a Missouri Department of Conservation brochure on trout fishing in Missouri and discovered not only were there four trout parks that he had already heard of. ...

Fort Scott High School (Kan.) graduate and retired Major League Baseball player Adam LaRoche and Wichita Wingnuts part-owner Nate Robinson are putting together a team of former MLB All-Stars and entering it in the National Baseball Congress World Series, which takes place in Wichita July 29-Aug. 13...

With a MINK League playoff bid hanging in the balance Jack Burk's dominant pitching performance lifted the Nevada Griffons to an 8-3 victory over the Ozark Generals. The Friday night contest at Lyons Stadium moved the Griffons (20-19 MINK League, 22-19 Overall) to within a half-game of the second place Generals (20-18) in the MINK League South Division with just three games remaining in the regular season. The top two teams from the North and South divisions earn playoff berths...