Stories from Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Allen Ray Harden, 84, Walker, Mo., passed away at Nevada Regional Medical Center on Saturday, June 29, 2013, from complications of injuries sustained from a recent motorcycle accident. He was born on Jan. 26, 1929, in Pittsburg, Kan., to John Raymond Harden and Willa Rose Edson Harden...

Post war futures of Iraq and Afghanistan are very different, said a Nevada man who has spent time in both countries. Sam Foursha spent 25 years in the U.S. Navy and retired with the rank of captain in 1997. Instead of taking retirement leisurely, Foursha launched onto a career with the U.S. State Department in a Provincial Reconstruction Team to improve local infrastructure and government, first in Iraq then in Afghanistan...

A new partnership between the Vernon County Sheriff's Office and the Vernon County Ambulance District will put trained medical personnel on the special weapons and tactics team every time it is called out -- no matter what the circumstance. Sheriff Jason Mosher and VCAD Director James McKenzie are both excited to be part of a good working relationship that will serve the public better. McKenzie said the sheriff has been "very proactive" in the formation of the partnership to form a joint team...

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court struck down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman -- drawing both praise and criticism across the country and here in Vernon County. President Barak Obama applauded the decision...

Though it didn't start off quite as well as head coach Ryan Mansfield had hoped, the Nevada Griffons' longest homestand of the season ended as positively as it could Monday night, with a 5-2 victory over the Joplin Outlaws. "Not too bad at all, Mansfield said. " We did a pretty good job tonight."...