Stories from Thursday, August 23, 2012

Edward Michael "Butch" Best, 60, Nevada, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at Magnolia Square Nursing Home in Springfield, Mo., following a brief illness. He was born Dec. 19, 1951, in Carrollton, Ill., to Richard Carroll Best and Florence Louise Fogarty Best...

Lee William Houdeshell, 89, Nevada, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at Freeman Health System West, Joplin, Mo., following a lengthy illness. He was born June 27, 1923, in Hiattville, Kan., to Ralph Paul Houdeshell and Gladys Francis Henning Houdeshell. He and Carrie H. Bogart were married on May 15, 1947, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

I hear many people talking about not wanting to attend a certain function because they are having a "bad hair day." I always had trouble accepting that as a legitimate excuse. One bad hair day is easily fixed with a quick wash or set. But what do you do about a bad hair year?...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail On Wednesday, the Vernon County Commis-sion conducted a public hearing and voted unanioursly to raise the county tax levy from 0.1638 to 0.1653 per $100 assessed valuation. During the brief hearing, held in the commission's office on the second floor office of the Vernon County Courthouse, County Clerk Tammi Beach told commissioners "current valuation is up" so I am proposing our levy be raised. We're going up very, very slightly," Beach said...

Openings are still available for those who want to take part in the Nevada Police Department's Citi-zens' Police Academy, offering qualifying citizens an "inside look at the operations of their police department," a press release said, and the last day to turn in applications to participate is Friday...

Editor's note: This story is a part of a series about contributions and expenditures in the recent state House and Senate primary races. By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail Relying heavily on backing from his native Bates County, State Rep.-elect Randy Pike of Adrian also won some support from Vernon County and a couple of Jefferson City political action committees to win his Aug. 7 Republican primary over Vernon Countians Barbara "Barb" York and Bill Yarberry...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail Mark E. Bishop, of Moundville, appeared in the Vernon County courtroom of Presiding Judge James R. Bickel on Tuesday, where he was given a trial date of March 12-15, 2013, in connection with the alleged October 2011 beating death of his wife, Mary Bishop...

Nevada Daily Mail Sedalia --The Missouri State Fair celebrated Youth in Agriculture Day Saturday, Aug. 18. The annual Sale of Champions was a highlight of the day raising $119,900, which will be used to support Missouri youth involved in agriculture...