Stories from Tuesday, March 28, 2017

It is an interesting time to be alive. We have just witnessed one of the most amazing presidential elections of all time, and people seem to be either euphoric or bordering on suicide. The American people had for decades been asleep as to what had been going on politically here, but millions have become roused from slumber...

Recently a patient of mine asked me the difference between an oral surgeon and a dentist and I was embarrassed to find that I didn't really know the answer. I thought I knew, and I was approximately correct in my answer, but it occurred to me that this question really applies to the term "doctor" in general. ...

Five people were injured, three seriously, in a two-vehicle head-on collision on 54 Highway west of 900 Road at approximately 4:40 p.m. Friday afternoon. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol corporal J. E. Wilde, a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado pickup driven by Brandon King, 21, Nevada, was traveling east on 54 Highway during heavy rain when it crossed the center line and collided head-on with a 2003 Toyota Tundra driven by Melvin Swopes, 89, El Dorado Springs...

On Wednesday, at its monthly meeting, the Vernon County Youth Task Force heard a review of this year's Speak Hard Conference, prepared to celebrate the signing of ordinances creating a joint city/county prescription drug monitoring program, heard plans for Powder Puff football games and April as "I Choose Kindness" month...

Nevada's Got Talent will replace Dancing with Our Stars as the primary annual fundraiser for Nevada R-5's Relay for Life team on April 8. "For the past three years, our main fundraising event has been Dancing with Our Stars and if you had the opportunity to attend, you know it is a full house," reads a flyer given to performers. ...

The annual tradition of the Nevada Lions Club spring pancake breakfast returns Saturday, April 1, at St. Mary's Fellowship Hall, located at 330 N. Main, with the event beginning at 7 a.m. and going until 11 a.m. The Nevada Lions Club formed in 1924 and actively serves its community with ongoing programs to support local organizations and activities. The Lions Club motto is "We Serve."...

Joe Hardin, Presiding Commissioner of Vernon County, addressed those gathered at noon on Wednesday for the signing of ordinances by city of Nevada and county officials enabling the city and county to establish a prescription drug monitoring program for the prescribing and dispensing of schedule II, III and IV controlled substances by licensed professionals and joining in the multi-city and county monitoring program established by St. ...

Roxana Robinson, 68, El Dorado Springs (Vernon County), passed from this life on Monday, March 27, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin. Roxana was born June 21, 1948, in Nevada, to Charles Woodrow and Theda Harriet (Downey) Wilson. She was united in marriage to John Robinson on July 27, 1973, in Miami, Okla., and he survives of the home...

Led by senior golfer John Quitno's 14th-hole eagle and school record 4-under-par 32, Nevada High surged to a school record 147 team score Monday evening at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. For its first home-match of the season, Nevada welcomed in the Pleasant Hill Roosters, as well as El Dorado Springs and Miller. ...

Nevada High's golf team broke the school's nine-hole record, carding a team score of 147 at Monday's home-match at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. The previous record of 148, was set by the 1997 and 2007 Tiger golf teams. The Nevada Tigers golf team is all smiles on the 18th green after dominating its Monday home-match at Frank E. ...