Stories from Thursday, October 22, 2009

Betty Jo Howrey, 75, Nevada, died at her residence Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, following a lengthy illness. She was born Feb. 3, 1934, in Milo, Mo., to Henry Carol (H.C.) Householder and Jennie Mae Swift Householder. Betty Jo grew up in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School in 1952. ...

Oct. 6 A burglary was reported on the 300 block of Highland, made by the First Baptist Church, of Nevada. Cash was reported stolen. A petty theft from a motor vehicle on the 3300 block of east Austin, made by Angela Hallam, of Butler, Mo. She reported a date book, social security card, and registration stolen...

Oct. 13 11:23 a.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center. 7:38 p.m., refusal of care, no transport. 9:22 p.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center. Oct. 14 6:57 a.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center. 12:24 p.m., medical, Nevada Regional Medical Center...

CARTHAGE, Mo. -- The Nevada Middle School seventh grade A and B teams both suffered tough road losses Tuesday as they took on Carthage Middle School. In the B game, Joe Reed scored the only touchdown of the night for Nevada as the Tigers of Carthage took a 10-point win by the final score of 16-6. The A game wasn't any better for Nevada as Ryan Ferris recorded their only touchdown in a 36-8 Carthage victory...

Several local landlords gathered at the Crawford house Tuesday, Oct. 20, to participate in a Section 8 landlord training session hosted by the Nevada Public Housing Authority as part of the Housing America Campaign. The first segment of information was presented by JoAnn Jones, Section 8 coordinator for the Nevada Public Housing Authority, and was designed to educate the audience about how to screen, select and deal consistently with renters...

Freezing could result in bark splitting. During the winter or early spring, sharp temperature changes between day and night can freeze the water within the trunk causing it to explode or split open in a symptom referred to as "frost crack." Frost Cracks are also called southwest injury since this is the side of the tree most often affected. ...

Students at El Dorado Springs R-2 School District are getting a break until Monday; the flu has taken a toll on attendance and the district closed the schools at 12:45 p.m., Tuesday. "We've had a lot of kids staying home with the flu and it got to the point we decided to close," a spokesperson for the district said...