Stories from Friday, January 6, 2012

November: Veterans Day parade draws a big crowd The month of November began with the Nevada Police Department announcing plans to step up officer training. The front page had plenty of photographs of trick or treaters and the Washington Manor haunted house was in the news...

Editor's note: This continues the Daily Mail series on the namings of area towns that has previously dealt with Nevada, Sheldon, Moundville, Metz and Deerfield. MONTEVALLO -- The peaceful-sounding name of this southeast Vernon County village greatly belies its history...

RICH HILL -- A California filmmaker who often visited Rich Hill as a child has begun work on a documentary about this Bates County community as exemplary of a small town whose efforts to survive are characterized by the uniqueness of its people. A 2003 Emmy Award-winning film that Tracy Droz Tragos made about her father, a casualty of the Vietnam War, will be shown at 7 p.m. ...

Leaky pipe means Bushwhacker Museum gets new carpet.

Waylon and Gayla Balk of Walker, Mo., and older sisters, Abbigayle and Allison and older brother, Wesley, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Annie Balk. Annie was born at 7:14 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 9 pounds, 10.4 ounces, and measured 22 and 1/4 inches...

Norma Jean Peplinski, 86, of Presque Isle, Mich., and Panama City Beach, Fla., passed away Jan. 1, 2012, in Panama City Beach. Born in Iowa on Aug. 7, 1925, she lived her childhood years in Nevada, Mo. During her adult life, Norma lived in various places around the world, one of her favorites being Japan. ...

Laura O. Francis was born Jan. 21, 1917, in High Point (Moniteau County), Mo. She went home to be with her Lord on Jan. 3, 2012. She was the daughter of John and Christena Dampf Hartley. She moved to Sedalia at the age of six and lived there until moving to Kansas City in 1941. ...

Donald W. Gullett, 86, of Parsons, died at 7:05 a.m., Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, at Labette Health, where he entered Dec. 31. He was born June 10, 1925, at Oswego, to Erville G. and Pearl (Morgan) Gullett. He attended schools in Parsons and in Mound Valley, graduating from Mound Valley High School in 1943. After graduation he served six years in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II and served in the South Pacific...

Charles W. Thomas, 66, Nevada, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at Kansas City Hospice in Kansas City, Mo. Funeral service and family information will be provided by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Hosts use big third-quarter run to top NHS

Nevada falls to solid Bolivar on Parents Night

The Nevada seventh grade boys defeated El Dorado Springs in the first round of the El Dorado Springs tournament by a score of 53-20. The leading scorer was Matt Sommer with 17 points. The Tigers will face Warsaw Friday at 7 p.m., at the El Dorado Springs community center...