Stories from Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Winnie Marie Jones, 98, of O'Fallon, Mo., passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, at her residence at Park Place at Wing Haven Assisted Living. She was born on July 27, 1918, to Claude and Naomi (Hunt) Banks, in Joplin, Mo. She married C.H. Jones Jr. on May 7, 1939...

Recently, a gift package of local history items arrived in Fort Scott courtesy of the U. S. Postal Service and was delivered to Don Miller. This was not unusual as both he and I often receive interesting items in the mail or find them left on our doorstep. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Recently, Cottey College was recognized as one of the best women's colleges in the United States, according to a new ranking by CollegeChoice.net. This recognition comes on the heels of being named a top Best Value School in Missouri by bestvalueschools.com and ninth among the most affordable colleges in Missouri by collegeaffordabilityguide.org...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com During Schell City's monthly meeting Wednesday evening, City Clerk Erin Lee reported progress on the clean up of the collapsed building on the northwest corner of First Street and Main Street. "The property owner has agreed to let the city clean up the outside of the building but not the inside of the building," Lee said...

Nevada Daily Mail "Forty years ago, Vernon County had eight separate water districts and Barton County had three," said Nevada attorney William McCaffree. "Barton County now has one and come next April, if voters in both districts approve, Vernon County would be down to four water districts."...

Nevada Daily Mail Monday morning saw William "Billy" J. Barger arraigned in Vernon County Circuit Court on four counts of burglary in the first degree, a class B felony, as well as four counts of armed criminal action, an unclassified felony. The four counts on each charge were filed in alternative, meaning each is essentially the same charge but formulated slightly differently in order to give the state some options in prosecution of the counts...