Stories from Thursday, January 22, 2009

Jan. 20 There were reports of a juvenile in the Nevada area, a grass fire in the Walker area, a careless and imprudent driver in the Horton area, a wrong way driver in the Nevada area, a grass fire in the Milo area, burglary in the Sheldon area, road rage in the Bronaugh area, a domestic dispute in the Schell City area, a suspicious person in the Nevada area, harassment in the Walker area, and a a suicidal subject in the Deerfield area...

Jan. 15 There was a report of a burglary on the 500 block of east Ashland, made by Bradley Burnett, of Nevada. He reported a Sony Playstation 2 with two controllers, Madden '08 game, and Guitar Hero game with two guitar controllers stolen. An accident occurred at 7 p.m., on David and Locust, involving a parked car owned by Kimberly Dean, of Nevada, and an unknown vehicle. No injuries were reported...

Dec. 31 Larry L. Lewelling III, El Dorado Springs, driving while intoxicated, speeding 60/40, failure to register vehicle, and no proof of insurance. Ronnie L. Newman, El Dorado Springs, failure to yield right of way. Bobby G. Pulliam, Nevada, expired license plates...

I have been going through a tough time lately. I have not been able to remember the name of a person I consider a friend. She is someone I worked closely with for several years. We knew each other's families. We still keep in touch from time to time. ...

The Hume Hornets and Lady Hornets each added a strong home victory to their records recently. On Monday night, the Lady Hornets took on Miami and had a couple of very strong individual performances in a dominant victory. Katie Orear nearly beat the Lady Eagles on her own as she put up 30 points in the contest -- just one short of Miami's team total of 31...

The Nevada Tigers wrestling team picked up their second dual win of the year as they traveled to McDonald County. The two newly-independent schools found themselves in a tight, exciting battle right from the start. Both schools are in the midst of the rebuilding process and neither held back on the mat, doing their best to come back from the open weight classes that plagued both sides...

The Vernon County Budget for 2009 is to be officially approved and adopted by the County Commission on Jan. 28, 2009, and even though the county belt has been tightened in all areas, there will not really be a decrease in services offered by the county...

Girl Scouts in Nevada and Vernon County began pre-selling Girl Scout Cookies on Jan. 9, but now a large recall of peanut butter sold to certain manufacturers has raised questions about the safety of the popular treats. Not to worry, the cookies are safe, Girl Scout officials say...

An overflowing crowd attended the Northeast Vernon County Homecoming, held at the gymnasium in Walker on Saturday evening. The fans were disappointed that the basketball teams lost all three of the games, but the bevy of pretty young ladies and their escorts highlighted the evening...