Stories from Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Guy Franklin Harrison, 92, died on Tuesday, 21, 2009, at Mercy Hospital, in Fort Scott, following a lengthy illness. No services are planned. Arrangements are under the direction of Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.

Irish Lena Bailey, 73, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2009, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada following a lengthy illness. She was born July 28, 1935, in Jonesboro, Ill., to Oscar Lee Griffin and Rose Lee Morse Griffin. Irish married Earl J. Bailey on October 31, 1983, in Miami, Okla., and he survives of Nevada...

April 14 There were reports of an alarm in the Nevada area, an ambulance request in the Richards area, a rape in the Schell City area, a truant in the Nevada area, an assault in the Nevada area, a traffic stop in the Walker area, stalking in the Vernon County area, a stranded motorist in the Milo area, a traffic stop in the Walker area, a cow out in the Milo area, a fraud in the Milo area, a verbal confrontation in the Nevada area, a property damage in the Nevada area, a missing horse in the Milo area, an intoxicated driver in the Nevada area, and an assault in the Sheldon area.. ...

The Cottey College Comets didn't quite get the finish they might have liked to the regular season as they were swept in their final home doubleheader of the year by the Fort Scott Community College Greyhounds. "They're a good hitting team," Comets head coach Greg Tietz said of the 'Hounds. "A tight strike zone pretty much made us throw right down the middle and they were able to put the bat on the ball against us pretty good."...

The Springs Gallery of El Dorado Springs and the Springfield Regional Arts Council have joined to-gether to host the first Regional Arts Exhibition in the Northwest Quadrant of Southwest Missouri. The exhibition will be held at The Springs Gallery in El Dorado Springs May 1 through June 11 and will feature the work of artists from Bates, Cedar, Henry, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair and Vernon counties...

The name of the shooting victim in Bronaugh has been released, Lofton Younge, 33, Bronaugh, was shot in the left arm and chest Saturday in an incident involving a bottle of whiskey. Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman said he was told Younge was released from the hospital...

Bronaugh R-7 Superintendent Patricia Phillips took the floor to inform the board during a special meeting Tuesday night that a special election would have to be held to break the tie for the board position race between incumbent Rick Piper and challenger David Reedy. ...

Alice Ghostley's Tony award will stay permanently in the Bushwhacker Museum in its own special case long after the temporary exhibit of the late actress's memorabilia comes down, her friend John Graham announced Sunday at the quarterly meeting of the Vernon County Historical Society...

"We told the council two years ago that we want to vacate Hunter Street," Jeff Post, parks board member, told the Nevada City Council during a public hearing, held Tuesday night, on the vacation of part of Hunter Street for the renovation and expansion of the City-County Community Center...