Stories from Friday, June 14, 2013

Joe and Kelly Hardin of Nevada, and older siblings, Alaina Kay and Tessa Jo Hardin, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Kyla Grace Hardin. Kyla was born at 3:35 a.m., Saturday, June 1, 2013, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 21 and 1/2 inches...

I was very proud of our town last week. We had top notch stars come for Bushwhacker Days. We had a great performance on the stage at the Fox Theater. We had enactments on and off the Square, and of course the Bushwhacker Quilt Show at the community center, the antique cars and tractors on the streets around the Square, and the story teller, carnival, kids rides etc., etc., etc. ...

During the Civil War, Fort Scott was the midway point for supplying Fort Gibson, Indian Territory and Fort Smith, Ark., from Fort Leavenworth. Southbound supply trains also originated from Fort Scott with the rendezvous point being 12 miles southeast of Fort Scott where the original Military Road crossed Drywood Creek near the present Bourbon and Crawford County line. ...

Dear Editor: I would like to comment on the articles concerning the recommendation of leash laws in our parks. As an owner of a dog I would like the city and parks board to know that I utilize the parks as a place to let my dog exercise after a day of being kenneled...

Dear Editor: Doug Nikodim of Czech Tech Automotive was the top sponsor of the Route 54 Cruisers 20th annual car show May 11. Honorable mention sponsors were Ben Bland Automotive, Deerfield Livestock, Gobblers Roost, KESM radio, KRWP radio, Pogo Pizza, Sac Osage Electric Coop, and Stutesman's Heating & Air...

The Nevada R-5 School District is one step closer to providing a child care facility at the Bowman Building, 2015 N. West St., for students with children starting this fall. The board held a public hearing Wednesday and then unanimously approved applying for a grant of between $22,000 and $25,000 from USDA Rural Development...

A teen-ager visiting relatives in Stockton testified she was 16 years old when her uncle raped her at his residence in August 2011. The girl's testimony came Thursday during the first day of the trial of Eli Lee McKeehan, 27, of Stockton. McKeehan is charged with statutory rape and statutory sodomy, stemming from the incident. He is charged in Cedar County Circuit Court, but the case is being heard in Vernon County Circuit Court on a change of venue...

In 2011, the city of Nevada spent months locating the source of a water leak near the intersection of Ash and Hickory streets. It turned out to be a private, 1-inch copper line that the city did not even know existed running from the 8-inch cast iron water main on the west side of Ash to a couple of houses on the east side of the street...

Three people were hurt at about 2:45 Thursday in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 54, roughly two miles east of Nevada. Injured were Lerrie L. McFadden, 55, of Stockton, driver of a 2009 Ford F150, and her passenger, Connie J. Fisher, 62, also of Stockton, as well as the driver of the 2009 Mercury Moutaineer, Joshua E. Holder, 19, of Jericho Springs...

SEDALIA -- The Nevada Griffons suffered their third loss in as many games Thursday night as the Sedalia Bombers and starting pitcher Peter Fairbanks dominated the Griffons offense in a 3-2 victory at Liberty Park. Fairbanks went the first eight innings on the mound for the Bombers (9-4), giving Sedalia its seventh straight win and lifting the Bombers to the MINK League South Division lead. ...

CHILLICOTHE -- The Southwest Elite baseball team suffered its third loss in two days Thursday night, dropping a 7-0 decision to the Chillicothe Mudcats, at Shaffer Stadium. Though he allowed just three of those seven runs -- all earned -- on eight hits with six strikeouts and a walk over six innings of work, John Caveness took the loss for the Elite. Grayson Pratt took the win for the Mudcats, allowing no runs on just two hits with six strikeouts and a walk in seven innings of work...

Without a doubt, bluegill are one of the fiercest of fighting fish, ounce-for-ounce. Nearly every lake, pond or stream has a population of bluegill and they are caught by everyone from kids to grandparents. Recently, Jack Nelson and his son, Bobby, looked over a Vernon County farm pond where, in the late afternoon sunlight, they saw dimpling rises in the weeds along the shoreline. ...