Stories from Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Police Department has received a report of a missing woman. Amy L. Meyer, 45, a white female, was last seen on Tuesday, June 26, leaving a residence in Nevada en route to Springfield, Mo., driving a red 2005 Chevrolet Aveo, Missouri license number 736-TJE. She never arrived at her destination...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Ike Skelton came to town Monday and presented Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman a flag that had flown over the U.S. Capitol. The flag will fly again over the new Vernon County Jail when it is finished. Peckman said the ground breaking ceremony should be in August if all goes according to plan...

Nevada Daily Mail In just four weeks time, walkers who joined the U.S. Bank, University of Missouri Extension "Fit For Life" walking campaign logged 4,729,221 steps. It may be hard to believe but this group has managed to walk 2,365 miles. The people of Nevada were challenged to have their steps be the equivalent of walking to Memphis, Tenn. They took this challenge seriously, according to an e-mail from University Extension specialist Tammy Roberts, who helped to coordinate the event...

Nevada Daily Mail Several local government offices and services will be closed for the July 4 holiday, but plan to reopen for business as usual on July 5. The Nevada Housing Authority, city of Nevada offices, county offices, Nevada Public Library and Missouri State Highway Patrol driver testing stations have all reported plans to close for the holiday...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Several years ago the city established a time limit for center angle parking on the south side of the Square to facilitate the Farmer's Market using that area. Tonight, the council is planning to take a look at removing that time limit...

Nevada Daily Mail The Little Osage River near Schell City continues to rise, and Vernon County Sheriff and Emergency Management Director Dennis Kimrey are advising those who live in low lying parts of northwestern Vernon County to be ready to evacuate...

John Ferd Kasper was born on March 24, 1936, to Ferdinand and Gertrude Pankratz Kasper at Cordell, Okla. He passed away in the Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs, Mo., on June 27, 2007, reaching the age of 71 years. Most of his growing-up years were in the Winton, Calif., area...

James Lewis Gonterman, 70, of San Angelo, Texas, passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2007, at his residence, surrounded by family. Jim was born Dec. 8, 1936, in Nevada, Mo., to Earnest and Mary Gonterman. On June 24, 1956, he married his grade school friend and high school sweetheart, Nancy Harper, also of Nevada...

Audrey Alene Yates, 91, Nevada, Mo., died Sunday, July 1, 2007, at the Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada, following an illness of several weeks. She was born Jan. 26, 1916, in Lawrence County, Mo., to Franklin Oscar Clyman and Dora Janette Evans Clyman. She was married Feb. 16. 1947 in Kansas City, Mo., to James Calvin Yates and he preceded her in death Sept. 28, 1999...

100 years ago From 35 to 40 men buried CINCINNATI, Ohio -- With no more warning than rumble of falling brick and the crash of tons of debris, the four story building occupied by the office fixture firm of Levy and White, 9th and Main Streets, caved in this afternoon, burying under the mass of wreckage between 35 and 40 men engaged in excavating on the corner for a National bank building...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- The flood of '07 has done more than wash away homes and roadways throughout southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas. The NBC World Series qualifying tournament scheduled over the weekend at Champion Diamonds also fell victim...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Baseball was the last thing on the minds of Griffons coaches John Hill III and Craig Frydendall Saturday. With dams breaking in Kansas and homes in Chanute flooded, the two Griffon leaders set out in a hurry to try and see if theirs would fall victim...