Stories from Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Healthy Nevada and Ozark Food Harvest plan to continue hosting the drive-through Mobile Food Pantry for Vernon County residents ages 60 and over. Distributions ae scheduled to take place on Tuesday, June 20. Food distribution sites will be located in Walker at the City Park from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., and then in Deerfield at Emery’s Truck Stop from noon to 1 p.m. Residents of Vernon County may pick up from either location. However, boxes are limited to one per household...

The 50th Annual Bushwhacker Days Festival continued Saturday, beginning with the Baby Contest (see page 5) and the Toddler Swimsuit Show (see page 2). The afternoon brought the annual auto show (see page 6) followed by the well-attended parade. Nashville Recording Artist Eli Mosley took to the stage for Saturday night’s concert at the Bushwhacker Days Festival, and the crowd enjoyed his performance. ...

Beverly “Susie” Baldwin, 52, passed away on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at her home in Nevada, Mo. Susie was born on June 30, 1970, in Kansas City, Mo., to Lawrence Ray and Bonnie Sue (Bousell) Tracy. Susie lived in Kansas City, Kansas and came to Nevada at a young age with her family. She graduated from Nevada High School Class of 1989. She worked as an aide for the Nevada Habilitation Center for a number of years...

Kirk William Hickey, 59, passed away on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at his home in Nevada, Mo. He was born on April 27, 1964, in Oxnard, Calif., to Jake Floyd and Norma Carolynn (Finn) Hickey. Kirk attended Salem High School in Salem, Mo. Survivors include his mother, Norma Finn, Sarasota, Fla.; one sister, Jacqueline Stuart and her husband, Neil Stuart, Salem; nephews, Marcus Seay and wife, Hope Wisdom Seau, Boss, Mo., Steven Morton, Kansas City, Mo., Jack Morton and fiance Stephanie McCulloch, Sullivan, Mo., and Gabriel Morton, Kansas City, Mo. ...

This weekend for the first time since the middle of February, there will be no NASCAR action on Sunday afternoon, as NASCAR has entered its only off weekend during their 38 race season. With race 16 wrapping up at Sonoma Raceway this last Sunday, and with 20 races to go before a champion is crowned in Phoenix, this gives us a chance to rate who’s hot and who’s not...