Stories from Monday, June 1, 2020

Vernon County Health Department has confirmed the 10th positive case of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This case is asymptomatic and is isolated at home. Vernon County Health Department staff has identified and contacted any individual that may have come in close contact with the case which may have put them at risk and will monitor them for any signs and symptoms of illness. Those contacts will also be quarantined at home...

Norma Lee Hart, 90, formerly of Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Truman Healthcare and Rehab in Lamar following a brief illness. Norma was born Nov. 24, 1929, in Mannford, Okla., to Jessie O. and Naomi A. (Stockdale) Varnell. She was united in marriage to Gus Eugene Hart on Sept. 24, 1948, in Drumright, Okla., and he preceded her in death on May 26, 2010...

Gillian Curry, 72, Nevada, Mo., died on Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Cox Barton County Hospital, in Lamar. Gillian was born March 4, 1948, in Ipswich, England, to John and Evelyn M. (Mason) Bowman. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, June 5, at Milo Cemetery in Milo, Mo., with the Rev. David Curry officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada...

Kollin Smith, 26, of Nevada, was involved in a two-vehicle wreck on Highway 54 in Western Vernon County Saturday evening. The accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 54 and T-Highway, two miles east of the Kansas state line. Attempting to turn left from the westbound lane onto T-Highway, Smith's 2004 Chevy Impala struck a 1999 Ford Ranger Rover traveling east, driven by 59-year-old James Johns — of Lane, Kansas...