Stories from Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Anna Lee Ogle, 90, Nevada, passed away on Monday May 21, 2012, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. She was born Sept. 3, 1921, in Bates County, Mo., to Oscar Lee Meyer and Cammie Emma Morgan Meyer. She married Allen Applegate on Sept. 3, 1938, in Nevada. She later married Charles Walker "C.W." Ogle on July 26, 1962, in Schell City, Mo., and he preceded her in death on Dec. 24, 1994...

Robert "Bob" E. Leer, 70, Nevada, died on Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Vernie S. Cox Jr., 67, passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Technology-driven change to take effect Thursday.

Administrators of Vernon County Ambulance District have been chosen to be honored by the Department of Defense for their extraordinary support of their employees who serve in the National Guard and reserves, according to a press release from the Missouri State ESGR Committee...

Nevada Mayor Brian Leonard presents a proclamation to Helen Wood, American Legion Auxilliary president, Shirley White, secretary and Kelsey Wood, declaring May 26-28 as Poppy Days in Nevada. According to the proclamation: since it began in 1921, Poppy Days has become a familiar tradition in almost every American community, with the distribution of the bright red memorial flower to the public being one of the oldest and most widely recognized programs of the American Legion Auxiliiary...

BRONAUGH -- Espousing a motto inspired by the late reggae musician Bob Marley, the 16 members of Bronaugh High School's Class of 2012 were awarded their diplomas in a lighthearted ceremony that one of their teachers said somewhat belied the seriousness many of them had shown as students...

Nevada Daily Mail JOPLIN --The Joplin Backlashers Bass Club will be holding a Buddy Bass Fishing Tournament on Saturday June 2 on Stockton Lake. Registration will be held at the Mutton Creek Ramp at 5 a.m. with the tournament running from 5:30 to 2 p.m. The cost will be a $100 a boat with $20 a boat going to Big Bass and 80 percent payback...

Dozens of tricked-out, working trucks rolled into Joplin over the weekend -- Thursday, Friday and Saturday, for the 2012 Shell Rotella SuperRigs event. Truckers from all over the United States and Canada came to the show -- a chance to win $25,000 and show off their rides, all while helping support the All Roads Lead to Joplin rebuilding project benefitting the Joplin YMCA's community recovery efforts -- among them was Martin Guss's "It's Fixed" rig, from right here in Nevada...