Stories from Thursday, August 15, 2013

Helen R. LaGuire, 96, formerly of Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, at Wilshire at Lakewood Care Center, Lee's Summit, Mo. She was born Nov. 30, 1916, in Three Forks, Mont., to Asa Lloyd Wood and May Dunn Wood. She married Harvey Clinton LaGuire on April 13, 1940, in Carthage, Mo., and he preceded her in death in 1969...

Joy Ann Williams Taylor was born on Oct. 12, 1934, to Gertrude Augusta Ferrell Williams and Walter Harvey Williams. She was born in Oklahoma and moved to Milo, Mo., in 1945. She graduated from Nevada High School, class of 1952 and attended Pittsburg State University in Kansas. She met Roy Eldon "Bud" Taylor in 1951 at the roller skating rink. Bud was drafted to Korea in 1953 and upon his return, they were united in marriage on Oct. 19, 1954, and went on to have four children together...

Judy Probert, 84, of Golden City, Mo., died Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, at Medicalodges, in Neosho, Mo. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m., Friday, Aug. 16, at Golden City United Methodist Church in Golden City, Mo. Burial will be in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Golden City. Visitation will be Friday, Aug. 16, following the memorial services at Golden City United Methodist Church...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Commission met Wednesday with County Assessor Cherie K. Roberts and information technologist Tim Bourassa to hear an update on the status of the Assessment Maintenance Plan approved by the county commission and the Missouri State Tax Commission three years ago...

The Nevada Police Department is asking for the public's assistance with an investigation. According to a press release officers are investigating two reported incidents where a white man has exposed himself to female victims. In both cases, the police have determined that the suspect seems to target victims aged 65 to 80...

Nevada Daily Mail As the school year approaches, college students line up to buy books, finalize their schedules and may consider taking out a loan. The good news is the interest rates for those loans won't be jumping to 6.8 percent. The Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013 sets the rate on Direct Unsubsidized Stafford loans at the rate on high-yield 10-year Treasury notes, which is 3.6 percent, and caps that rate at 9.5 percent. ...