Stories from Friday, January 30, 2009

Jan. 2 Kyle L. Borbury, Nevada, petty theft. Jan. 8 Timothy S. Dowty, Nevada, no proof of insurance. Flavy C. Flowers, Atlanta, Ga., speeding 52/40. Bonnie M. McCord, Nevada, speeding 59/40. Marsha M. Shaw, Nevada, speeding 51/40. Jan. 9 Ricky V. Baker, Nevada, expired license plates...

Dennis Grady Dean, 57, Moundville, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin following a brief illness. He was born on May 10, 1951, in Del Rio, Texas, to Booth Gardy Dean and Wilma Geraldine Harris Dean...

Russell Don Robb, 89, of Uniontown, Kan., died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, at the Mercy Health Center of Fort Scott. He was born Oct. 16, 1919, in Xenia, Kan., the son of Jesse and Geneva Jean (Stevenson) Robb. He married Vineta R. Potter Nov. 6, 1942, in Fort Scott, Kan. She survives of the home...

Sharon Sue (Jacobs) Dawson, Milo, passed away peacefully while surrounded by many of her loved ones on Jan. 21, 2009, at St. John's Medical Center, after a lengthy illness. Sharon was born on Jan. 2, 1949, to parents Victor V. and Mildred M. (Redburn) Jacobs. ...

As I sit here at my computer, I can see the cold bleak winter through the window beside my desk. It is Tuesday afternoon, following a night of what now passes for winter in Missouri these days. Despite my ever increasing hatred of the cold weather each winter, I remember with fondness the days of my youth, when we never left our homes without either overshoes or galoshes...

To our valued readers: I'm sure many of you have read the news regarding the Post Master General's recent request to a Senate subcommittee to amend the rules established in 1983 that required the US Post Office to deliver mail six days a week. Due to declining revenues and great losses the US Post Office is proposing that it stop delivering mail on Tuesdays or Saturdays. Needless to say, we are quite concerned about this proposal. We currently publish on both of these days...

Larry Goldberg of GS&M Architects and Planners Inc., was on hand to discuss the progress on the new Vernon County Jail with the Presiding and Southern Commissioners, Bonnie McCord and Kennon Shaw and Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman Thursday morning. Goldberg spoke on several issues, ceilings in secure areas, design of the space for communications equipment and tower and what the future holds for the current Vernon County Jail building...

Winter weather was unable to disrupt a scheduled meeting of the Nevada Regional Medical Center board of directors. However, the board didn't meet -- at least in the usual sense, they teleconferenced. Participants called a phone number set aside for the call and logged in with a security code...

On Nov. 24 the Nevada City Council held a special meeting to approve an emergency ordinance accepting Nevada City Manager William McGuire's resignation and until this time have provided no information on the circumstances surrounding his resignation...

JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Missouri Army National Guard's statewide revitalization project is allowing for some much needed renovations and expansions at southwest Missouri military installations. What most residents traditionally think of as armories, the state now calls "readiness centers."...

The Nevada Classic that had been delayed three days due to weather finally began Thursday night with a series of six games at Nevada Middle School and Nevada High School. The Nevada Lady Tigers were among the 12 teams in action Thursday night as they squared off against the Lady Eagles of Joplin. The Lady Tigers came in expecting a tough game and hoping to avenge a 49-31 road loss to the Lady Eagles in the last meeting of the two teams...

Nevada Wrestlers did their job to win 37 - 30 over the Butler Bears Thursday night at Butler. Nevada spotted the Bears five weight classes and Butler just had to present a wrestler that made weight to win the slots. Both teams had opens at 140 and 215...