Stories from Wednesday, October 24, 2018

This time next week will find a host of super-heroes, princesses, ghosts and goblins walking the streets in search of the lighted porch lamps of those who will welcome them with smiles and plenty of tasty treats for their efforts. Several homes around town are well-decorated for the season and will be very enticing to the more daring children...

The $115,000 Phase Two of the Vernon County Courthouse restoration project is coming to a close as the state grant requires all work to be completed within one-year which is Oct. 31. The 70/30 matching grant means the state provides $80,500 with the balance coming from the county. ...

Overseeing Moore-Few and Barone Alzheimer Care Centers, Monday afternoon’s meeting of the Long Term Care Board of Directors heard of the financial strength of the LTC unit, the need for additional nurses and approved turning the finance director’s position from part to full-time...

Marvin L. Vittetoe, 79, of Papinville, Mo., died on Oct. 21, 2018, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., today, at the Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill, with burial in the Green Lawn Cemetery, Rich Hill. The family received friends from 7 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, at the Heuser Funeral Home...

With the Class 1 Swimming and Diving Championships just around the corner, the Nevada Tiger swim team got in a late-season tune-up at Saturday’s Glendale High School-hosted Springfield Invitational. Nevada fared well against the strong field of competitors, placing ninth at the 20-school event — held at Foster Natatorium...

The Hume Lady Hornets are the last area school left standing in district volleyball tournament-play. Third-seeded Hume (14-8-1) knocked off sixth-seeded Ballard in two sets in opening-round play at the Class 1 District 10 Tournament Tuesday evening in Adrian. The victory advances Hume to the semifinals, and a match-up tonight with Bates County rival — second-seeded Rich Hill...

Freda Mae Tough, 84, Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, at Nevada Nursing and Rehab in Nevada surrounded by family. She was born March 10, 1934, in Nevada, Mo., to Jesse and Mary (Burnsworth) Hoover. Freda was united in marriage on Aug. ...

Helen Marie (Vanderstyne) Wright, 76, formerly of Nevada, died on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, in Joplin, Mo. She was born Dec. 24, 1941, in Canandaigua, N.Y., to Ethel Berniece (Northington) and Raymond Vanderstyne. No services are planned. In lieu of memorial contributions, consider donating or volunteering at an animal shelter...

Opal Louise Pruitt, 77, of Kansas City, Mo., formerly of Nevada, Mo., died Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., following a period of illness. Opal was born March 10, 1942, in Nevada, Mo., the daughter of Bert and Opal (Morgan) Schonewetter...

Wayne Alden Kennedy, 95, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Wayne was born Aug. 27, 1923, in Horton, Mo., to Ernest L. and Minnie M. (Bowen) Kennedy. He was united in marriage to Thelma Lucille Fengler on Nov. 24, 1945, in Fort Scott, Kan., and she preceded him in death on March 22, 2017...

The Cottey Comet volleyball team fell in dramatic fashion to the visiting Ozark Christian College Lady Ambassadors on Tuesday night at Hinkhouse Center. The Comets looked to be in dominant form early, earning a convincing 25-14 opening set win. The Lady Ambassadors, of the Midwest Christian College Conference (MCCC), bounced back with a 26-24 second-set victory...