Stories from Tuesday, June 5, 2007

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council will be considering bids tonight for a concrete culvert to repair the washed out area of South Spring Street. They will be looking to purchase a culvert that is 66 inches in diameter and 54 feet long to handle the volume of water that runs through the area. The street has been closed since May 18, after torrential rains washed out much of the structure underneath the road and peeled away edges of the roadway...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail He can't see as well as he used to, he doesn't drive himself around any longer, he takes awhile to walk any distance but 82-year-old Dr. B.N. Mendenhall still arrives early at his office and sees chiropractic patients. Patients and friends alike refer to him as Dr. Ben with both respect and affection...

Nevada Daily Mail An electrical short apparently was at the root of a small structure fire in a Nevada home over the weekend. According to a press release from the Nevada Fire Department, firefighters responded to a report of a house fire at 228 N. Washington, Nevada, and found a haze of light smoke in the house. An investigation led firefighters to a bedroom closet, where a small fire was located and extinguished...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail When Shane Balk purchased Neighborlink, a local Internet service provider, he inherited a system that was partly housed in and on Nevada city property. In November 2006, Balk was informed by then city manager Harlan Moore that the city was discontinuing its participation in wireless Internet services. ...

Johnnie L. Luther, 72, passed away suddenly on Sunday, June 3. 2007, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, Mo. He was born on Feb. 22, 1935, in Rich Hill, Mo., to John F. Luther and Ida Elizabeth Gamble. He married Betty I. Greer on Aug. 23, 1964, in Schell City, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Dorothy Marie Inwood Snow, 83, passed away on June 3, 2007, at the Foxwood Springs Care Center, Raymore, Mo. Dorothy was an active member of the Lee's Summit Christian Church. She is survived by three daughters, Kay Carder, Sue Looney, and Julie Martin; one son, Bill Snow; nine grandchildren; two step grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and seven step great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, T.R. Snow and one son, Robert...

100 years ago Body to be exhumed MEXICO, Mo. -- The body of W.E. Reed, the stockman who was killed in this city on the night of May 10, will be disinterred immediately and examination made by experts to determine the cause of death. This morning Sheriff Price Johnson, Prosecuting Attorney John D. O'Rear and Coroner Coil decided that they would request Judge Barnett to order a special grand jury to further investigate the mysterious killing of Reed...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada Griffons overcame 13 walks and a 9-1 sixth-inning deficit to rally past the Joplin Slashers 10-9 Sunday, in the season opener for both teams. A two-run single by Daniel Dellasega tied the game with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and an infield single by Andy Cotton won it as the Griffons found a way to take a contest that was far from a thing of beauty...

Nevada Daily Mail One day after the Griffons scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Joplin Slashers at home, Nevada took to the road and scored four in the the top of the final frame for a 9-5 victory of the Slashers. Nevada jumped out to an early lead in the rematch Monday, going up 5-0 before defensive miscues allowed the Slashers to tie it through seven...