Stories from Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Jan. 31 Tommy J. Tucker, Fort Scott, expired license plates. Feb. 1 Robert L. Hansen, Fort Scott, speeding 28/15. Paulette F. Lechman, Nevada, derelict vehicle. Jodi L. Timbrook, Nevada, expired license plates. Feb. 2 Manuel A. Benavidez, Nevada, driving while suspended, no license plate light, and no proof of insurance...

Robert Carroll Warren, 85, Conroe, Texas, formerly Nevada, Mo., passed away Feb. 4, 2010. Between 1950 and his retirement in 1976, he served as minister of Disciples of Christ Churches at Marshfield, Mo., and Beaumont, Baytown, Conroe and Ennis, all in Texas. He lived in Nevada during the 1930s when his father, the late Huell Warren Sr., served as pastor of the First Christian Church, Nevada...

Murle Berry, 98, Nevada, formerly of Raytown, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. She was born Feb. 5, 1912, in Louisburg, Mo., to Jesse Hartline and Stella Dorman Hartline. She was married to Leonard Berry and he preceded her in death on May 19, 1994...

Robert Virgil Jones, 74, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada following a lengthy illness. He was born March 5, 1935, in Lebanon, S.D., to Waldo C. Jones and Mary Z. Garner Jones. He married Anna Mae Boyd on March 9, 1957, and they renewed their vows on March 9, 1995, in Bellflower, Calif. She survives of the home...

John Robert Darrell Morgan, 72, of Sheldon, left this life to be with Jesus for eternity on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, at his home in Sheldon. He was born on Nov. 13, 1937, in Bradleyville, Mo., Taney County, Mo., to John Riley Morgan and Ida Bessie Johnson Morgan...

The Nevada Public Library will hold a class for those who are beginners at computer use. The classes will be held on Feb. 24 and Feb. 25, from 1-3 p.m. There are 10 openings in the class and it is first signed up, first served. There is a $10 fee due upon registration; however, half of this fee is refunded upon completion of the class...

The Spring City Revitalization Group is making plans to host its annual "I Love El Dorado Springs" event on Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Leeper Center on Main Street in El Dorado Springs. Festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. and include dinner, an economic development speaker, entertainment, awards and a live and silent auction. ...

A record $1,126,083,749 was invested in rural Missouri last year through the USDA Rural Development programs. These federal funds were expended through a variety of loan and grant programs to provide quality housing, good jobs, clean drinking water, renewal energy alternatives, broadband service plus reliable modern essential community facilities and services, a press release said...

The Nevada City Council will be holding the second reading of a special ordinance approving the employment contract with John Kehrman as Nevada's new city manager. Kehrman is currently the city administrator of Bowling Green, a town of about 5,000 population, located about 30 miles south of Hannibal at the intersection of U.S. Highways 54 and 61. Kehrman will start as city manager in Nevada on March 1...

Patients, not numbers. Friends, not file contents. A chance to be part of the community; helping, giving, learning -- watching families grow, helping them heal and working and playing beside them when they're healthy and sometimes even when they're not. These are the special joys doctors in smaller communities say brought them to town and keeps them serving in a small town; treasures of the soul that go along with their practices that they'd never trade...

"Pretty good weekend." A very pleased Nevada High School wrestling coach Devin White came back from the Class 2 District 3 tournament Friday and Saturday with a lot to be happy about. Four wrestlers -- twice as many as last season -- brought home top-four finishes and earned a trip to the state tournament. First-time qualifiers Scotty Bough and Slade Stiles joined repeat qualifiers Todd Brier and Tanner Charles for a trip to this year's big stage at Mizzou Arena...

Dear Editor: Monday, Feb. 15 was Belinda's birthday and the seven month anniversary of her murder. What do you think it will take to catch the person or persons responsible for the murder of Belinda Beisly? I know it takes a lot of work to get everything together but, come on, it has been seven months! All we hear anymore is about a kidnapping that occurred somewhere else. ...