Stories from Friday, September 6, 2019

Last November Missouri voters approved, with nearly 66 percent support, the right to access medical marijuana in the state. The voter approved constitutional amendment allows for the limited production, distribution, sale and purchase of marijuana for medicinal purposes...

Luella Belle Driskel, 84, formerly of Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, at Truman Healthcare and Rehab in Lamar, Mo. Luella was born Sept. 25, 1934, in rural Sheldon, Mo., to George H. and Sylvia I. (Hoover) Ford. She was united in marriage to Darce Driskel on July 13, 1954, in Kenoma, Mo., and he preceded her in death...

Christy Lynn Johnson, 61, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, at Moore-Few Care Center, of Nevada, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Christy was born on Jan. 13, 1958, in Nevada, Mo., to Horace Johnson and Louise Joan Johnson...