Stories from Saturday, September 24, 2022

The Northeast Vernon County R-1 School Board met in regular session Thursday evening. The board's first item in new business was approving of a new bus radio system. The system would cost $5,568.68 for the installation and have an $1,920 annual fee. The board approved unanimously...

Robert Dean McVay, 52, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Robert was born July 15, 1970, in Des Mones, Iowa, to Larry A. McVay Sr. and Claudia M. (Boyd) McVay. Robert worked throughout his life as a carpenter, with an emphasis in residential construction. He had a love for the outdoors and especially enjoyed camping, he was also an avid Chicago Bears Fan. Robert loved his girls and the time he spent with them...

Ruby M. (Wright) Williams Craft, 91, formerly of Milo, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, at the Bungalows in Nevada. Ruby was born Jan. 5, 1931, in Hiatville, Kan., to Erastus V. and Mary Leone (Weston) Wright. She was married to Gene D. Williams and from this marriage nine children were born. On Oct. 1, 1970, she married Nelson Craft and he preceded her in death on Dec. 14, 2000...

Leo Penn, 91, died peacefully on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada, Mo. Leo was born in 1931 to George and Dolene (Dunleavy) Penn of Palo Alto County, Iowa, and had been a resident of Nevada since 1969. His boyhood years, which coincided with the Great Depression, were spent in Clarion, Iowa, where he had his first job at the tender age of 5, selling newspapers for three pennies apiece. ...