Stories from Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Two soldiers from Nevada, Missouri were formally discharged from the United States Army on May 7, 1919, 100 years ago today. They had enlisted to fight, not in Europe but in something which sounds as if ripped from today’s headlines, the Border War, an undeclared series of hostilities which took place between the United States and Mexico...

Christopher Ferrel “Chris” Owen, resident of Benton, Ark., formerly of Nevada, Mo., died at his home on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Chris was born Nov. 29, 1939, in Nevada. The son of Ferrel and Betty Mae Fischer Owen. He graduated from Nevada High School in 1957...

James "Jim" Labitska passed peacefully on April 15, 2019, survived by his loving wife, Barbara; daughters, Renee (Michael) Holmes, and Lori Abnos; grandchildren, Mckenzie, Wyatt, Grace Holmes, and Preston Abnos. Jim's fun-loving spirit and teaching ways will live in their memories. In the hope of furthering Parkinson's research, Jim donated his body to Washington University in St. Louis...