Stories from Friday, August 5, 2011

Lee Hardman and Jessica Pike of Nevada, Mo., and older siblings Matthew and Makayla Willard and Kallie Hardman are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Abigail Leigh Hardman. Abigail was born at 2:03 p.m, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/2 inches...

July 27 Shawn P. Brown, Nevada, speeding 42/30. Teresa M. Friday, Harwood, Mo., no valid operator's license. Crystaline M. Garner, Butler, Mo., speeding 40/30. Tami K. Shores, Metz, Mo., speeding 44/30. July 28 Amy D. Beverley, Nevada, expired license plate...

The Nevada Regional Medical Center Foundation decided by a unanimous vote in a monthly board meeting in February to purchase a four-wheel drive vehicle for the NRMC Home Health and Hospice program. After winter storms, the Foundation recognized a need for the hospital to have access to its own four-wheel drive vehicles. ...

Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman is requesting residents of the Richards, Mo., area to be on the lookout for a late model, blue, extended cab pick-up truck. This vehicle has been seen on private property and when the landowner appears, the vehicle leaves the property at a high rate of speed...

Registration continues through Aug. 9 for the Experiential Learning in Higher Education Conference to be held on the Cottey College campus. The conference, which is free and open to representatives of business and civic organizations, is designed to encourage partnership between the community and Cottey College through experiential learning opportunities...

The Missouri Depart-ment of Transportation announced Wednesday that motorists traveleing on U.S. Highway 71 between Nevada and Interstate 44 can expect delays next week due to construction work. Workers from Emery Sapp & Sons will be placing girders over the southbound lanes of U.S. 71 at the 30th Road overpass in Barton County. Southbound traffic will be stopped for between 10 and 15 minutes four times between 7 and midnight...

Missouri's Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday begins today and continues through Sunday. People who make qualifying purchases in Missouri will not have to pay the state's sales taxes on those items during that time. Although other public entities that collect sales tax may opt out, Vernon County and the city of Nevada are participating in this year's sales tax holiday...

Jerry Heathman has raised a garden at his home along U.S. 54 Highway every year for the last 10 years, and it's the first time he's seen this unusual configuration in a cantaloupe in his garden .

Nevada High School students took part in Boys State and Girls State sessions in June. The 72nd session of Missouri Boys State, an eight-day, hands-on experience in how government works, took place June 11-18. Promotional materials say the American Legion annual event offers "the best and brightest high school juniors from throughout the state" the chance to participate. ...

VNUS Closure is the newest form of treatment for those with varicose veins caused by venous reflux disease. Unlike the traditional vein stripping that was very painful and required time off from daily activities; the VNUS Closure procedure is minimally invasive and performed on an outpatient basis. ...