Stories from Friday, July 3, 2015

Nevada Daily Mail Fishing for a lunker fish is exciting. The big fish caught or lost, is the subject of many campfire conversations, and is a common bond between anglers. It also supplies a lifetime memory as a special pride in fishing accomplishment any angler can resist...

This year members of the Sheriff's Office have attended some great training. Our goal over the last couple of years has been not only to send everyone to needed training, but to also send as many people as possible to instructor schools for various types of training so that we have as many instructors right here at the Sheriff's Office as possible. This will not only help with training expenses, but also make sure we can provide the training whenever it is needed...

Hi neighbors. It's Independence Day weekend and there will be flashes of light and loud noises all weekend! Actually all the commotion started last weekend with a large fireworks display in town and several small bursts of "Lady Fingers" around the neighborhood...

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Adcock, of St. Louis, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Mariette B. Adcock, of Columbia, Mo., to Daniel W. Lovinger, of Columbia, Mo., son of Dr. and Mrs. Warren Lovinger Jr., of Nevada, Mo. Mariette is a 2008 graduate of St. ...

We issue our usual kudos to those who spend their Fourth of July holiday working -- especially those in the safety departments across our area. In addition to the usual traffic problems, fender benders, routine stops, and domestic calls, each Fourth our fire and police and emergency personnel respond to a number of fireworks-related incidents...

Brad and Cecelia Mowry, of Nevada, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Whitney Lyn Mowry, of Nevada, to William James Tollerton, of Nevada, son of James and Deborah Tollerton, of Laclede, Mo. Whitney is a 2007 graduate of Nevada High School and received her bachelor of science in business administration in 2011 from University of Missouri-Kansas City. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Ambulance District in recent weeks became home to the Missouri EMS Funeral Response Team's trailer and equipment, used when a member of the emergency medical services is killed in the line of duty. With only a few such trailers in the entire state, the funeral response team wanted one stationed in the southwest region of the state, resulting in it being stored in Nevada. ...

Special to the Daily Mail Nevada's big fireworks display in June, spectacular as it was, is a far cry from past Fourth of July celebrations that took place in our town on the actual July 4 as hundreds gathered around the Square for the big parades with marching bands, floats, clowns, horseback riders and pony hitches, and, oh yes, an occasional car and truck...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada's 3M plant experienced a fire early Tuesday night but it was extinguished in a little over an hour. The fire occurred at 4:15 p.m., during normal operations, according to a press release from the plant. Smoke was first noticed coming from the exhaust of the thermal oxidizer on the west side of the plant...

Nevada Daily Mail Former Vernon County attorney Eric Landoll was arrested in Lawrence County June 25, and charged with second degree domestic assault, first degree burglary and the unlawful use of a weapon. Landoll posted a cash bond of $25,000 on July 1, and now faces an arraignment in Lawrence County on July 9...