Stories from Monday, June 12, 2017

Shane Wright’s shaved head, powerful build and covered up tattoos are all that visibly remain of the violent, anti-social drug addict and white supremacist whose life changed with a bang, literally. While now living in Nevada, Wright said, “Back on April 11, 2002, I was living in Branson, traveling down 76 Highway when I crossed into the other lane and hit a tour bus.”...

Bushwhacker Days wrapped up in Nevada on Saturday. The day's events included car, tractor and motorcycle shows, along with living history exhibits, a wild west shoot-out, a parade and live music. Craft and food vendors continued their sales and the carnival was once again in operation...

Discussion at the city of Sheldon monthly meeting Thursday evening centered around two ordinances, one governing trailer homes and the other the city’s nuisance ordinance. “I thought it was pretty strict,” Mayor Robert Sewell said. “The ordinance on the trailers.”...

On Wednesday, Kansas City attorney, Thomas J. Porto, filed a lawsuit in Vernon County Circuit Court, on behalf of Harry Foreman, Archie, who was arrested and became an inmate of the Vernon County Jail on March 15. According to statements which precede the suit’s four counts, Foreman claims that upon entry to the jail, he asked jailer, Joseph Housel, why he had been arrested, to which Housel allegedly replied “‘Are you going to cooperate?’”...