Stories from Friday, July 10, 2020

The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control announces the arrest of former Nevada Police Officer Brian K. Hansen, 47, of Nevada, Mo., on July 7, 2020. The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol Division of Drug and Crime Control...

A leadership project started by a pair of local 4-H'ers last year is carrying on. Last summer, then 18-year-old Haleigh Leisure joined forced with Alaina Hardin to raise funds for park benches to be placed throughout the Vernon County Fairgrounds. The duo initially aimed to raise enough money for one bench, but greatly exceeded their goal, raising approximately $7,000 — resulting in three brand new benches being placed at the Fairgrounds. ...

City Manager Mark Mitchell is looking to be as proactive as possible when it comes to coronavirus (COVID-19) preparedness. Mitchell and several community leaders, including Mayor George Knox, are slated to discuss the latest Covid-19 developments during a private conference call today. Also potentially included in the call will be Nevada Regional Medical Center (NRMC) CEO Steve Branstetter, as well as a high-ranking Cottey College official...

Letha Belle Smith of El Dorado Springs, Mo., passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at Cedar County Memorial Hospital. Letha was born Nov. 19, 1927, in Boulder, Colo., to Hobart and Kaite (Reed) Staples. She was united in marriage to William Dempsey Fisher in Pineville, Mo., on May 13, 1943, and he preceded her in death. In 1965, she married Herschel Smith in Dederick, Mo., and he also preceded her in death...

Margie Sue Fisher, 90, died Thursday, July 9, 2020, at Medicalodges in Butler, Mo. She was the sixth of nine children born to Leslie and Myrtle Gowin on July 11, 1929, in Walker, Mo. Margie married Louie Dulier in 1946. To this union, five children were born. After Louie passed in 1961, she married Carl Fisher in 1964. To this union, four children were born. Carl passed in 1978 and Margie would remain an unmarried widow for the last 42 years of her life...

Charles Henry Marcee, or Papa as we all knew him, born April 11, 1937, in Steelville, Mo., was a proud American military man. He was a father, grandfather and even a great-grandfather who loved his family and his country. Charles passed on July 1, 2020, at Nevada Nursing and Rehab with his family at his bedside. ...