Stories from Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Beachler's first year at NHS went well

Ida Louise Lasley, 89, Pittsburg, Kan., formerly of Nevada, passed away Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at Sunset Manor in Frontenac, Kan. She was born May 1, 1922, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., to Maupin L. Jennings and Mary H. Remer Jennings. Louise was married June 12, 1943, to Robert Glenn Lasley, and he preceded her in death April 15, 2003. They were the parents of two daughters and two sons...

Oct. 13 Gage W. Brooks, Nevada, speeding 50/30. Oct. 14 Robert P. Gentry, Nevada, no proof of insurance. Kyle L. Norbury, Nevada, expired license plate. Tina J. Wisecup, Nevada, no proof of insurance. Oct. 15 Daniel D. Laning, Sheldon, Mo., speeding 41/30...

Missouri motorists are warned to be on special lookout as the highest number of auto accidents involving deer traditionally occur during the last three months of the year, an insurance industry spokesman said today. "Statistics show that the majority of all deer/vehicle accidents in Missouri occur during the fall of the year," according to Calvin Call, executive director of the Missouri Insurance Information Service. ...

Mark Mitchell, Nevada's chief information officer, told the city council Tuesday night that the city's information technology department has four main goals: to increase the efficiency of the city government, improve the citizens access to the city government, enhance economic development and to invest in infrastructure...

Walter Truitt was hoeing cotton for a West Texas farmer for 15 cents an hour, 10 hours a day when trouble erupted in South Korea. He quit his job and enlisted in the Navy. "I was 21-years-old and I knew what I was getting into. My brothers had told me about their time served during World War II, but I felt somebody had to do it," Truitt said...