Stories from Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Vernon County 4-H and FFA members, along with their parents, 4-H Leaders, FFA Advisors, and the Youth Fair Board, dedicated their efforts on Saturday morning, July 8, to the extensive cleanup and preparation of the Vernon County Fairgrounds. Their collective hard work aimed to ensure everything was in order for the upcoming fair, scheduled to take place beginning today and continuing through Saturday, July 15. ...

Healthy Nevada and Ozark Food Harvest plan to continue hosting the drive-through Mobile Food Pantry for Vernon County residents ages 60 and over. Distributions are scheduled to take place on Tuesday, July 18. Food distribution sites will be in Walker at the City Park from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., and then in Deerfield at Emery’s Truck Stop from noon to 1 p.m. Residents of Vernon County may pick up from either location. However, boxes are limited to one per household...

Peggy Lee Mott passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in Springfield, Mo., at the age of 67. She was born Sept. 7, 1955, in Oroville, Calif., to Charles Vernon and Katherine Ann (Langston) Ramey. Peggy graduated from Hughson Union High School, Hughson, Calif., in 1973, and on Aug. ...

Daniel Robert Righter Sr., 72, of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sunday, July 2, 2023, in his home in Nevada, Mo. Dan was born Aug. 1, 1950, in Springfield, Mo., to Leonard "Pete" and Opal Righter. Dan graduated from Nevada High School in 1968. Following high school, he attended Missouri State University. ...

L. Milton Hertzberg, 93, of Nevada, died on July 10, 2023, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, July 14, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada, Mo. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m., prior to the service...