Stories from Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Dennis Lester Williams, 70, died Monday, June 30, 2014, at Christian Healthcare, in Nevada, Mo. He was born Nov. 24, 1943, in Nevada, to Marion J. Williams and Wanda (Hackworth) Williams. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, July 5, at Newton Burial Park, in Nevada, with the Rev. Terry Mosher officiating. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at Ferry Funeral Home...

Nevada Daily Mail A Hume woman driving through Vernon County sustained minor injuries Sunday morning after her vehicle ran off the road. Latasha James, 23, was traveling along Highway MM, less than a mile east of 900 Road in northwestern Vernon County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report by Trooper B.J. Hamerle, James' vehicle traveled off the road and hit an embankment. It then overturned and landed on the passenger side...

Nevada Daily Mail Detectives in Jasper County have returned a Vernon County assault suspect back to the area. Vernon County deputies had been searching for a Sheldon man, Charles Allen Hart, after he reportedly hit a deputy on the head with a bottle on June 11 in Sheldon. The 31-year-old suspect was found in Webb City and returned to Vernon County. He was booked into the jail Friday...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Police Department reported the arrest of a suspected burglar during the early afternoon hours of June 29. According to a department press release, 40-year-old Douglas E. Scholes was arrested Sunday afternoon on charges of first-degree trespassing, resisting arrest by fleeing and theft of more than $500 but less than $25,000...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Police Department reported Tuesday that a 23-year-old Nevada woman has been arrested for her alleged role in a statutory rape case. Sergeant Steve Bastow said in a department press release that officers arrested Whitney E. Collins after the parents of a 14-year-old boy reported that their son had been the victim of an alleged sexual incident...

Nevada Daily Mail After discussion of closing a Badger Township road for safety and liability issues, the Vernon County Commission voted unanimously to keep Cart Road 467 open for public use. Commissioners met Tuesday to host the final hearing on a petition to close the road, which included the reading of the petition, remonstrance and letters from three individuals asking to remove their names from the original petition...

Nevada Daily Mail Following a lengthy discussion during Tuesday night's meeting, the Nevada City Council voted 5-0 to pass on first reading an amended bill that will reduce the number of parks board members from the current nine to seven members. During the last two years Dana Redburn, parks and recreation director, told the council on eight occasions she could remember, the board did not have the necessary five members present for a quorum, and there had only been three board members present at the April, May and June meetings this year.. ...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The Nevada Griffons baseball team made its return to Lyons Stadium Tuesday night, for a make-up game against the Chillicothe Mudcats, hoping to continue their winning ways and close the gap between them and the frontrunners in the MINK League South Division. The Mudcats had other ideas, however, and ultimately put an end to Nevada's winning streak, holding off a late comeback attempt to take the victory by a final score of 5-4...

Friday is our country's birthday, and like the lyrics from Kool & the Gang, "There's a party goin' on right here... A celebration to last throughout the year... Yahoo this is your celebration!" Like many of you, I have enjoyed the revelry and the traditions of the Fourth of July all my life. There are some holidays that many feel have lost some of their meaning, but that's not the case for the anniversary of our country's Independence Day...

By Robert Overmann Missouri Farm Bureau intern Having completed my junior year at Truman State University, I've learned about a myriad of academic subjects -- English, history, physics, chemistry, biology, philosophy and more. But, in spite of the breadth of my education, one of the most glaring holes was the field of agriculture. ...

It is very appropriate that during this holiday celebrating our country's independence that we are also celebrating the life of our friend, George Wallis Graham. Although most of us have associations with him that are more about farming, cows, fairs, hunting, dogs, fishing, church, families and even motorcycles, a big part of this man was his love of his country...