Stories from Thursday, August 23, 2007

Vernon Country Recorder of Deeds, Doug Shupe, has announced that beginning Aug. 28, couples getting married in the state of Missouri will no longer have to make two trips to the county recorder of deeds office to obtain a marriage license. Under current law, the bride and groom are required to appear before the recorder of deeds to make application, wait three days and then make a second trip back to pick up the license prior to their ceremony...

Citing a possible conflict of interest, Jane Drummond, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, notified Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon that he had been "terminated as the lawyer for her and the department in Planned Parenthood's lawsuit against pro-life legislation," a press release issued by the DHSS on Wednesday said...

The annual rite of fall begins as new students move to Cottey College and Nevada. First-year students begin arriving Friday, Aug. 24, followed shortly thereafter by the arrival of the second-year students on Sunday, Aug. 26. The citizens of Nevada and surrounding communities are to be advised of the forthcoming increase in pedestrian traffic on Austin Boulevard and are asked to exercise caution...

The recent unsettling stories involving the former face of the Atlanta Falcons and a fired NBA referee, who has already admitted to betting on games he officiated, have stole the national headlines. There's quarterback Michael Vick and his dog-fighting debacle, along with Tim Donaghy -- the Pete Rose of NBA officials -- who says he is not a lone wolf and that there is a widespread gambling problem with a number of the league's officials who also bet on games they worked...

Micheal Lee Reed, the son of Virgil Reed and Ocia (Austin) Crowe, was born May 25, 1942 in Nevada, Mo. He passed away Aug. 22, at the Veterans Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., at 65 years of age. Micheal graduated high school from Adams City High School in Adams City, Colo., in 1962. ...

A wreck at an uncontrolled county intersection at 4:15 p.m., Wednesday. cost the lives of three Richards residents and put four other Richards residents in hospitals with serious injuries. A 2001 Dodge pickup driven by 28-year-old Douglas W. Harth was northbound on 200 Road when it struck a 1999 Ford van westbound on Katy Road, driven by 32- year-old Callie J. Dobbs...