Stories from Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Clay Charles, 37, of Richards, Mo., passed away as a result of an accident on Saturday, April 30, 2011. He was born on Dec. 22, 1973, in Nevada. He married Lisa R. Stroud on Aug. 25, 1995, in Nevada, and she survives. Clay grew up in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School in 1992. He has worked as a welder in commercial construction for the past nine years. He loved hunting and fishing and also had a love for horses and cars...

Doyle Dwayne Johns, 89, of Nevada, died in the early morning hours on Saturday, April 30, at Moore-Few Care Center. Doyle was born Aug. 8, 1921, in Eakly, Okla., to Charlie Pinkney and Flora Elexandra (Mullins) Johns. Doyle has one surviving sister, Irene Montgomery, Carnegie, Okla., and was preceded in death by a sister, Ethel Marie Johns, who died in infancy. ...

The Nevada High School track team will be hosting their annual All-Comers Track Meet today at Testman Field with registration on-site starting at 4 p.m. near the concession stand. This will be an age group track meet with unlimited entries. There will be a $2 fee per entry, or three entries for $5, and $1 for each entry over three...

Nevada American Legion Commander Alvin Mohlfield presents a $1,000 check to Trey Todd, Nevada Red Sox president, for their 2011 season. Pictured from left: Jim Rayburn, Red Sox head coach, Mohlfield, Todd and Ryan Talley, Red Sox vice president.

JD Kehrman has been Nevada's city manager since April 1, 2010, and the council will be considering a special ordinance to renew and amend the city's employment contract with him. They will also be considering a special ordinance approving a contract with APAC-Missouri of Springfield for the 2011 transportation sales tax projects...

Editor's note: this is the third installment in a series of stories about the Nevada Police Department's Citizen Police Academy. The third session of the seven-week Citizens Police Academy focus on life behind-the-scenes in the courts. Nevada Municipal Judge Brian Breckenridge, 28th Circuit Court chief juvenile officer Jeannie Longstreth and Vernon County Prosecutor Lynn M. Ewing III each brought presentations about their respective roles in the judicial system...

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