Stories from Wednesday, September 21, 2022

No outdoor burning is allowed in the city limits of Nevada, Mo., effective immediately, according to Nevada Fire Chief Troy Denney. Denney noted that the National Weather Service has the Nevada area in a highly affected area for the drought, with hot/dry and windy conditions continuing...

Walter Roy Headrick Jr., passed way suddenly, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, at the age of 62, at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, Mo. Walter was born Sept. 30, 1959, in Nevada, Mo., to Walter Roy Headrick Sr. and Elsie G. (Wagner) Headrick. On Dec. 18, 1999, he married Becky Collins in Richards, Mo., where they attended the Christian Church, until it closed. ...

Georgia Karen Gilkey, 70, Rich Hill, Mo., passed away on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, at Mercy Hospital, in Joplin. Georgia was born July 16, 1952, in Oskaloosa, Kan., to James F. and Pearl F. (Scholes) Larson. She was united in marriage to Fred Gilkey on Feb. 28, 2013, in Nevada, and he survives of the home...

Doris Faye Quackenbush, 83, Nevada, Mo., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, at KU Medical Hospital Kansas City, Kan. Doris was born in Walker, Mo., on Feb. 6, 1939, to William Cleveland Brundridge and Mary Edna Bridges. Doris was previously married to Jerry Quackenbush...