Stories from Friday, September 20, 2013

Leroy and Danielle Kerns of Springfield, Mo., and older sister, Kierra, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Maci Addison Kerns. Maci was born at 3:07 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Mo. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/2 inches...

September is National Library Card sign-up month. The Nevada Public Library is taking part in the promotion, offering free prizes donated by local merchants to everyone who registers for a library card during the month. September is recognized by the American Library Association as National Library card sign-up month...

Nevada Daily Mail Two of Nevada's oldest women's organizations, the Nevada branch of the American Association of University Women and Cottey College, have formed a partnership. Cottey College Executive Director for Women's Leadership Sonia Cowen said the partnership resulted from the college's research into women leadership. With membership, Cottey students will be automatically accepted into the group...

Nevada Daily Mail Schell City's Joanna, Erika and Jordan Coleman, the trio Shotgun & Lace, will perform "The National Anthem" at the Arrowhead Chiefs game in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 20. The Colemans specialize in harmonizing with Erika, 16, singing high notes, Jordan, 27, singing low, and Joanna, 19, singing middle-ranged alto. The sisters also play fiddle...

I recognize the fact that I am an old fogey in some aspects. I like to see people sit down together to eat a meal. I prefer that four letter words are restricted to ones like love, read, work, and play. I resisted using the computer years ago but now I spend half my time on one. So I decided maybe I should quit resisting getting on Facebook...

In the summer of 1863, with the successful "Union" occupation of Fort Gibson, Indian Territory [present Oklahoma] it was necessary to improve and protect the line of communication between Fort Scott and Fort Gibson. Since there was no telegraph line connecting these two forts, it became necessary to establish permanent outposts and the first was at Baxter Springs. ...

Dear Editors When I wrote recently about the foreign terrorists who were in our country, intent on starting forest fires and grassland fires, many newspapers were wary about using it. There is a YouTube segment with a former national security agency official by the name of William Scott who gave a speech about this subject. ...