Stories from Wednesday, July 19, 2023

The Nevada City Council met in regular session Tuesday evening, with council members George Knox and Lyndon Eberhard absent. After approving the minutes of the previous meeting (July 11), the council then considered Resolution No. 1723. This resolution would authorize payment to Scurlock Industries, of Springfield, Mo., for 50 feet of concrete culvert. ...

Livestock producers in Vernon County, Mo., facing the challenges of extreme drought conditions can now find some relief through the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP). This program aims to compensate eligible livestock producers who have experienced grazing losses for covered livestock and also produce grazed forage crop acreage of native and improved pastureland with permanent vegetative cover or acreage specifically planted for grazing...

Mary Ann Hendrix, 94, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sunday, July 16, 2023, at the Joplin Gardens in Joplin, Mo. Mary Ann was born Oct. 30, 1928, to James Matthew Wallace and Olive Angel (Sheffield) Wallace in Fort Scott, Kan. They lived in Bronaugh, Mo., where she graduated from high school in 1946. She then attended college at Kansas State Teacher’s College in Pittsburg, Kan. She taught school until she married William Arthur Mische in Springfield, Mo., on April 25, 1948...

Tandy Arthur Pike, age 82, of Sheldon, Mo., died Saturday, July 15, 2023, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He was born Oct. 18, 1940, in rural Nevada, Mo., to Lester DeWitt and Jeanette (Leen) Pike. On June 15, 1963, he married Evelyn Sue Swan at the Nevada Christian Church, and together they raised five children. ...

James Allen Wilson, 78, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at his home in Nevada. James was born June 7, 1945, in Monmouth, Ill., to Jessie James and Hazel (Hogman) Wilson. On April 19, 1981, he married Carolyn Sue Shotts in Peoria, Ill., and she survives of the home...