Stories from Thursday, August 25, 2011

Gene Joe Bowen, 87, Nevada, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He was born May 17, 1924, in Vernon County, Mo., to James D. Bowen and Velie Vina Strain Bowen. Gene was raised in Nevada and entered in the U.S. ...

Robert Charles Baer, 46, of Schell City, Mo., the son of Robert John and Judith Anne (Bowman) Baer was born March 22, 1965, in Muscatine, Iowa, and passed from this life Friday, Aug. 19, at St. Johns Regional Health Center in Springfield, Mo. Robert attended school in Iowa and graduated from West Branch High School in 1983. ...

August 14 Joey Bressee was arrested for assault. Bond is $1,500. Jeremy Brigham was arrested for assault. Bond is $600. Jeremy Brigham was released on $600 bond. Brenda Moreland was released for time served. Jail population: Total census, 48; state, 6; Bates County, 2; Cedar County, 7; and El Dorado Springs, 1...

On Wednesday, the Finis M. Moss Charitable Trust announced the appointment of Larry Forkner as a successor trustee. A lifelong Vernon County resident, Forkner succeeds Donald B. Russell, who resigned on June 30, due to lingering health-related issues...

There have been several reports in Nevada in August of theft of items from motor vehicles, a stolen and recovered vehicle, burglaries and other items. Thieves have taken all sorts of items, including a flashlight, CDs and other itmes stolen from two vehicles in the 400 block of South Main Street on Aug. ...

The history of the Civil War in this region is well documented and almost equally commemorated with markers and statues and museums. One such memorial can be found in Pleasant Hill, Mo. A mural in the United States Post Office in Pleasant Hill gives viewers a look into the past and what much of the region looked like and how many of the residents of western Missouri felt after the lifting of General Order No. 11 and the end of the war...

Tyler Judah, 19, of Nevada, has been arrested in connection with a recent burglary reported at Hard Times Art Tattoos in Nevada. According to a press release from the Nevada Police Department, Nevada and Fort Scott police conducted an investigation into a reported burglary at the tattoo facility, located at 501 N. Osage, which netted Judah's arrest and the recovery of stolen property from the burglary...

Inspired by Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There," Yequiang Wang's exhibit of art in a variety of media includes a wide variety of images resembling reflections and images presented as if seen through windows. The exhibit, called "Reflections," in the P.E.O. ...

A new era of Nevada High School football will begin on Friday night. In a battle of the Tigers, Nevada hosts Warrensburg at 7 p.m. at Logan Field in the 2011 season-opener. Beginning his first season as Nevada's head coach, Wes Beachler acknowledged that Warrensburg will be a tough opponent for his Tigers...

Scrappy is a word Marla Kannady uses to describe the 2011 Cottey College women's volleyball team. The 12th year coach of the Comets, Kannady feels she has a scrappy, defensive-minded team this season. "These players are willing to hit the floor for a ball," Kannady said. "They'd rather have their bodies hit the floor than see that ball hit the floor. That's been real nice to see."...