Stories from Thursday, November 5, 2009

Ernest Martin Madill, 85, Nevada, passed away at Nevada Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. He was born in Chanute, Kan., on June 23, 1924, the fourth of eight children of Ralph Clark Madill and Ella Mary Umphenour Madill. He married Mary Marie Dobson in 1946 and she survives of the home...

Gale Edwin Coak, 84, former resident of Schell City, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at his home in Columbia under hospice care. Gale was born on May 16, 1925, in Fort Wayne, Ind., the second son of Letis and Esther Endsley Coak, and was later joined by three brothers and three sisters...

Oct. 22 There were reports of a 911 hang up in the Nevada area, a vehicle accident in the Sheldon area, and vehicle accident in the Nevada area, littering in the Nevada area, a structure fire in the Nevada area, a truant in the Nevada area, and a domestic assault in the Nevada area...

The Habitat for Humanity Baked Potato Luncheon will be held Wednesday, Nov. 11, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the First Christian Church Fellowship Hall at the corner of Austin and Cedar streets. Visitors should enter through the south door. Deliveries can be ordered Tuesday, Nov. ...

Only two small changes in the numbers from Tuesday nights election did not change any race. Vernon County Clerk Tammi Beach certified Tuesday's results after checking the results from the polling place at the home economics building at the Vernon County fairgrounds...

Kansas City Power and Light is hosting an Energy Resource Fair in Nevada Friday, Nov. 13 at On My Own, 428 East Highland from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The resource fair is part of a new Connections program, designed to help its customers reduce energy usage, access community resources and address payment issues...

Students at Northeast Vernon County R-I High School have joined Students Against Destructive Decisions, a peer leadership organization dedicated to preventing destructive decisions, particularly underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving, teen violence and suicide. ...

The Community Council on the Performing Arts will present "The Housekeeper, a comedy by James Prideaux, Nov. 5-8 at the Fox Playhouse, 110 S. Main, with performances at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. with the box office opening one hour prior to each performance...

An Oct. 30 news story about a home football game has sparked an exceeding amount of community attention on the Nevada Daily Mail, leading the newspaper's management to put a stop to comments for that story. The game -- Nevada vs. Carthage in the season finale at Logan Field -- was an intense contest that featured a number of flags on both sides of the field, some of them for unsportsmanlike conduct...

The Nevada Tigers varsity football team made their final return to Logan Field Thursday night for Senior Night hoping the get back on the winning track as they hosted the Carthage Tigers. Entering the contest at 7-2 on the year, the Tigers of Carthage represented the fifth ranked opponent that Nevada faced over the course of the year as they entered the season finale as the fourth-ranked team in Class 4, according to maxpreps.com. ...