Stories from Monday, June 19, 2017

A difficult profession and Vernon County’s rural setting create recruiting challenges for Vernon County Ambulance District “Back then we averaged maybe four runs a day,” director Leland Splitter said referring to when he started in 1989. “We had a lot of days that you didn’t have anything.”...

“How much money does Medicare lose each hour to fraud,” Brian Henning, team coordinator of the Missouri Senior Medicare Patrol, asked those attending a “Scamboree” Friday morning at the Nevada Senior Center. The Scamboree was co-sponsored by the Missouri SMP and the Care Connection, to provide area seniors with information to protect themselves from scam artists trying to steal their personal information...

On June 16, Nevada Police took one subject into custody following the execution of a search warrant at a residence in the 600 block of North Hoffman Street. Nevada Police had responded to this location on June 5, for a reported disturbance at the residence. During that investigation, officers discovered suspected illegal narcotics and items commonly used in the distribution of illegal narcotics...

Late on Friday, Judge Dean Gerald Dankelson entered an order of protection against Dunfield based on testimony given about a June 6 incident in Dunfield’s driveway and his June 8 conduct at a restaurant. Following a Friday morning hearing in Vernon County’s associate circuit courtroom, late that day, Dankelson, issued a full order of protection on behalf of Lillian M. Davis against Dunfield...

Thursday night, the Bronaugh R-7 school board received an extensive lesson on school funding, modified its policy on fundraising by the senior class, approved changes to the district’s four handbooks, approved bathroom renovations and in closed session, approved a 2.5 percent increase to the base of the district’s salary schedule...