Stories from Wednesday, August 24, 2022

The Nevada City Council met in special session Tuesday evening to hear an emergency ordinance for the tax levy. The ordinance is considered "emergency" status because it is due Sept. 1, and the next regular city council meeting isn't until Sept. 6. Starting off the special session, the council had a second reading of Bill No. ...

Retired Fire Chief, Donald Lee Cox, 87, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at Medicalodges, in Nevada. Don was born at home on Aug. 8, 1935, in Nevada, to Samuel M. and Helen G. (Rabon) Cox, weighing in at 12 pounds. He married Edith M. Moon on Aug. 25, 1956, and to this union one son, Bruce Michael Cox, was born on Dec. 25, 1957...

Kathryn Irene Garrison, 78, Nevada, Mo., died on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin. Kathryn was born Feb. 17, 1944, in Ottumwa, Iowa. No services are planned. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com.