Stories from Friday, January 2, 2009

Alice P. Pettibon, 90, Nevada, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, at Culpepper Place in Nevada. She was born on July 11, 1918, in Johnstown, Mo., to Joseph Mize Kash and Nannie Aria Coleman Kash. She married Homer D. Pettibon on Nov. 27, 1941, in Nevada, and he preceded her in death on Nov. 27, 2002...

Emily and Andy Hayes are proud to announce the birth of their son, Walker Andrew Hayes. Walker was born on Nov. 8, 2008, at 11:58 p.m. He weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and measured 20 1/2 inches. Maternal grandparents are Dean and Debbie Walker, of Nevada...

A fire at Hedges Apartments attracted little attention from residents in neighboring units. Eric Wade, who lives on the 400 block of David Street described the incident at 446 David. "I looked out the window and there were two ambulances and a fire truck sitting there," Wade said...

"We've been trying to work this out for a long time, but it couldn't happen," council member Jayne Novak said before the Nevada City Council took a rare action during a 7 a.m. special meeting Wednesday, approving an emergency ordinance to start an eminent domain action against Wendell Lee to acquire a 100-foot wide construction easement to rebuild a portion of the city's south interceptor sewer line...

August in Missouri -- hot, sticky, and almost unbearable with temperatures reaching in the 100s. The National Weather Service advised the public to be careful in the blistering summer heat, listing symptoms of heat stroke and exhaustion. In the Aug. ...

July came to Vernon County wet and bedraggled -- a surfeit of rain had left the county's roads in bad shape, and the townships and county crews with a lot of work to do. Vernon County Road and Bridge Supervisor Ron Sloan said that while the roads themselves are maintained by the individual townships, county crews take care of the bridges and the approaches to them...