Stories from Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Donna Marie (Spillman) Berry, 64, was born April 30, 1949, in Nevada, to Virginia Ruth (Hampton) and Clarence Richard Spillman. She went home to the Lord Tuesday, July 2, 2013, after battling re-occurring illnesses spanning more than 5 years. She grew up on the family dairy farm. ...

Christopher and Sarah Morris, of Nevada, Mo., and older siblings, Annabelle, Emma, and James, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Ella Grace Morris. Ella was born at 1:58 p.m., Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kan. She weighed 8 pounds, 8 and 1/2 ounces...

The Vernon County Commisson announced Tuesday that the road and bridge department crew will be closing the bridge on County Road 500 between Panama Road and Quail Road in Coal Township, effective at noon Tuesday. The bridge is located in sections 14 and 15 of that township which is in the western part of the county. The bridge is going to be replaced by the county crew and will be closed until further notice...

Kansas City Power and Light wants to ensure its customers stay safe and cool as temperatures and heat indices in Kansas and Missouri increase. Toward that end, the power company will be distributing box fans to Nevada residents, beginning at 9 this morning...

Property owners in Bronaugh must cap their sewer lines if they don't want to pay sewer fees, the city Board of Alderman decided Monday. Treasurer Ann Laudermilk informed the board if sewer lines aren't capped, dirt, bugs and even animals can get into the sewer system...

The Vernon County Board of Equalization on Tuesday voted to leave the assessed value of 3M's East Austin Boulevard manufacturing facility at just under $11.049 million. Northern Commissioner and board member Neal Gerster was absent from the meeting and Presiding Commissioner Bonnie McCord acted as chairwoman of the meeting...

On July 4, Nevada's lack of a leash law for dogs came face-to-face with City Council member Brian Leonard and during Tuesday's city council meeting he told the council Nevada needs better regulation of dogs running at large. An emotional Leonard told the council that on the Fourth of July he saw three large dogs trying to get to his neighbor's cat on her porch...

If you take your dogs to a city park for exercise, the city now requires you to have your dog on a leash while in the parks and dogs are prohibited in playground areas of the parks. The Nevada City Council unanimously approved during its meeting Tuesday the second reading of a general ordinance requiring dogs to be on a leash while in city parks. The council voted 4-0, with council member Jayne Novak excused from the meeting...