Stories from Wednesday, July 30, 2008

July 28 There were reports of a suspicious vehicle in the El Dorado Springs area, a check well being in the Nevada area, an animal bite in the Nevada area, a theft in the Nevada area, a theft in the Deerfield area, animal cruelty in the Nevada area, a check well being in the Sheldon area, a dog bite in the Vernon County area, cows out in the FF Highway area, shots fired in the Bronaugh area, a drunk driver in the Moundville area, trash dumping in the Deerfield area and a traffic stop in the Horton area.. ...

The week of July 7-11, the Third Annual Nevada Tiger GOLF Academy was held at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. The purpose of this academy was to introduce the game of golf to young people and to further spark their interest and enjoyment of the game...

David Pearce, currently serving in the Missouri House as the District 121 representative, has made a bid for the Republican nomination for the Missouri Senate's 31st District seat. Pearce has served for six years in the House, and grew up in Johnson County, Mo., the son of a vocational-agricultural teacher and farmer. ...

Candidates for Vernon County Commissioner were provided with questionnaires outlining their qualifications and positions. Their answers follow: Northern Commissioner Candidates Neal Gerster What are your priorities for the commission? The employees mainly, their health insurance and to try to keep their pay scale at a level they can live on. We recognize its not as much as the competition so we appreciate our employees very much...

Four defendants from the group arrested as a result of Operation Buckshot, the cooperative effort between the Drug Enforcement Administration, the sheriff's departments of Vernon, Barton, and Jasper counties, CNET (the Community Narcotics Enforcement Team), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, IRS-Criminal Investigation, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, and the police departments of Lamar and Nevada, have pleaded guilty to various charges.. ...