Stories from Tuesday, May 4, 2010

April 28 An accident occurred at 12:10 p.m., at Cedar and Cherry, involving tractor/trailer driven by James J. Dent, of Walnut, Kan., and a parked SUV owned by Jason Ring, of Sheldon. No injuries were reported. The accident occurred while the Dent vehicle was making a left turn into an alley and the trailer struck the Ring vehicle...

Jewell Gardner loved her Lord Jesus, her husband, her children, her family, church family and her friends. She gave of her life with priorities based on these loves. Jewell Joyce was born on a small family farm near rural Boston, Mo. There she played with sisters Irma Lee, Jean, Annetta and brother, Floyd and made a home with mother Leah Arner Joyce and H.F. ...

Susan Kay Miller, 59, Walker, Mo., passed away on Monday, May 3, 2010, at her home in Walker following a lengthy illness. She was born Dec. 11, 1950, to John Stone and Jackie Lou Reed Stone. She married Jerrold R. Miller on Dec. 17, 1973, in Miami, Okla., and he survives of the home...

Patricia Jeanette Rogers, 86, Humansville, Mo. and Lenexa, Kan., died Friday at her Home at Garden Villas of Lenexa. Patricia was born Feb. 7, 1924 in Nevada, Mo. to James R. and Cora (Nyhart) Journey. She grew up in Nevada and graduated in 1941 from Nevada High School. ...

Kansas City Southern Railroad has notified the Vernon County Commission that V Highway, in Stotesbury, near the feed silo, will be closed today, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. A detour will be marked and barricades will be in place, a press release said.

Nevada Regional Medical Center will be hosting a lunch and learn at noon, Friday, May 7, in the NRMC mezzanine conference room. This month's topic is "Asthma Management" and will be presented by Dr. Jones. The program is offered free of charge. Lunch is available for $5...

Events featuring two different sides of 19th century life, Spring Frolic and Parade of Soldiers, are planned for Saturday, May 15, at Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site near Ash Grove. Visitors can enjoy the pleasant side of frontier life and see the military side of the American West at the event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the event is free and open to the public...

The Nevada City Council will be considering a special ordinance relating to an effort to renew the city's 1/2 cent transportation sales tax during tonight's 7 o'clock meeting in the council chambers at 120 S. Ash Street. In addition to setting Aug. 3 as the date for the election to renew the tax, which expires in 2011, it also removes the sunset date from the sales tax...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The weekend storm caused a power failure at parts of the city of Stockton's wastewater treatment plant allowing approximately 350,000 gallons of partially treated wastewater to bypass from its facility. The city notified the Missouri Department of Natural Resources this morning that the bypass began around 7 p.m. on May 1 and ended this morning around 7:30 a.m...

The Vernon County Arts Council and St. Paul Lutheran Church, south BB Highway, have teamed up to provide area artists a time and place to get together, an Art Work Time, each Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon. "It's free to anybody who wants to come, it doesn't matter what kind of art or even craft they want to do," Jeanne Board, treasurer of the council, said. "As long as they are of high school age or older they are welcome."...

The extradition journey for suspected kidnappers Douglas Stangeland and Andrew Wadel began on Friday, April 23, as they were removed from the Vernon County jail and transported on behalf of the U.S. Marshals Service by deputies from the Bates County Sheriffs' Office, according to Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman...

Four students from the Nevada Regional Technical Center DECA chapter recently joined more than 14,000 high school marketing students at the annual International Career Development conference held April 23-28 in Louisville, Ky., and came back winners, with a team of three of them bringing home a first-place trophy and another competitor with a solo project bringing home an 11th place...