Stories from Wednesday, April 13, 2011

April 2 Pamela Richmond was arrested for domestic assault. Bond is $5,000. Lavonna Sua was released. Jail population: Total census, 60; state, 9; Vernon County Re-entry program, 8; Bates County, 6; and Cedar County, 5. April 3 Robert Luther was arrested for failure to appear. Bond is $78...

The Bronaugh Community Club is seeking volunteers to assist in completing some spring cleaning at the Bronaugh Community Park on Sunday, April 17, 1-4 p.m. Projects planned include repairing windows and doors, clearing winter debris from the grounds and spring cleaning the building. Ice cream sundaes will be served after the projects are completed...

Imago Theatre will bring its unique performance to Cottey College on Tuesday, April 19. The show will begin at 8 p.m. in the auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. Defying classification, Imago Theatre will populate the stage with characters and beings such as a giant dinosaur, hungry anteaters, hitch-hiking rabbits, cantankerous polar bears, introverted frogs, and metamorphosing humans in works which will tantalize the senses and the intellect. ...

An expert in Civil War research will present infomation on how to find Civil War-era ancestors in Tri-County Genealogy meeting, set for 10 a.m., April 19, at the Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, 302 East Hospital Road in El Dorado Springs. Speaker Gary Ayres is a 13th-generation American of Scottish, French and Swedish descent, and Past Commander of the Col. ...

April 10 marks the beginning of National Crime Victims' Rights Week, a time to honor victims and the advocates of victims' rights. This year's theme -- Reshaping the Future, Honoring the Past -- evokes victims' past struggles and our nation's duty to help them rebuild stronger lives...

Workers prepare to extricate Mary Beeman of Nevada from her 2003 GMC Envoy after it was struck by a 1986 Kenworth dumptruck driven by Bradley Decker of Nevada at 4:44 p.m., Tuesday, in the 1100 block of Austin Boulevard, in front of a Cottey College crosswalk. ...

Now, how do I phrase this? I've been a fan of both Edi Gragg and Linda Davidson since my family first moved to Nevada and saw them on stage, at the old Welty's Cow Palace ... in, let me see, '73. And, mind you, I mean 1973, not 1873. In my own memory, they stand, as a theatrical team, a little like Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, or, on a higher plane, the Redgrave sisters. Well, anyway, you catch my drift. They're the best...

Local woman says enlisting in military service is, for her, a "family thing."

Nevada Tiger golfers faced chilly temperatures and high winds at the Bolivar Invitational held at the Silo Ridge Golf and Country Club, with the team placing sixth out of 17 teams. The temperatures lingered in the upper 50s and lower 60s, but the cool northwest wind made it feel much cooler. Winds were gusting up to 30 mph at times, and the course was playing to a par 72...

The Nevada Tigers boys tennis team placed sixth out of an eight team field in the Thomas Jefferson Invitational Tennis Tournament Friday. The Tigers finished with a team score of 5.5 points. Nevada's No. 1 doubles team of Jordan McCall and Colton Hardy won their first doubles match 9-8 over a team from Carthage and were beaten 8-5 by a team from Joplin. They ended in fourth place, losing to Monett's team of Alex George and Shane George by a score of 9-7...