Stories from Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Raymond G. Bryant, 73, of Montrose, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, at Clinton Healthcare and Rehab in Clinton, Mo. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home in Schell City, Mo.

Donna Kim Jones, 58, of Richards, Mo., passed away on Aug. 4, 2012. Per her expressed request, her body was cremated and a private service was held in Columbia, Mo. Donna was born Dec. 19, 1953, in Stamford, Conn., to Steve and Julia Sokolowski Horvath and they preceded her in death...

Nevada Daily Mail Sheldon Mayor Rob Sewell, 44, was arrested Friday evening on 21 counts alleging forgery of checks on the account of John Young. In the wake of the allegations, Sewell's position and duties as mayor of Sheldon will remain unchanged, since the allegations are in no way connected to city business...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council voted 4-0 to postpone, until their Sept. 4 meeting, consideration of a recommendation from the city's ad hoc tourism committee to provide the Nevada-Vernon County Chamber of Commerce with $10,000 to underwrite the cost of producing an expanded version of its annual membership directory, called "Living a Life that Matters."...

Nevada Daily Mail A two-hour stand-off Saturday evening with an armed man hiding in a residence in the 300 block of East Grand Street, Nevada ended with the arrest of 29-year-old David V. Celaya on existing warrants relating to a July domestic assault charge as well as felony unlawful use of a weapon and the misdemeanors of first degree trespassing and resisting arrest...