Stories from Tuesday, June 12, 2012

May 7 Roy Rhodd was arrested for passing bad checks. Bond is $500. Edward Hallam was arrested for tampering with victim/witness. Bond is $25,000. Clint Carney was arrested for failure to appear. Bond is $350. Steven Blansfield was arrested for endangering the welfare of a child. Bond is $1,500...

Elizabeth Spencer, 84, passed quietly on June 10, 2012. She was born on Aug. 7, 1927, to Roy Kimbel Simpson and Mildred Fern Jewell Simpson in Waukee, Iowa. Elizabeth (Betty) grew up in Iowa, Kansas, California and Missouri. She enjoyed talking about her days on the farm tending to the animals and the garden, her memories of going to high school in southern California, going to the beach, and the outbreak of World War II. ...

* Nevada splits Monday Twinbill with Omaha, 6-0, 6-4. Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Griffons split a weekend series with the St. Joseph Mustangs, losing Saturday 6-0 on the road and turning around on Sunday to eke out a 6-5 win at home. Then heading out on the road Monday for a four-day trip with three games each with the Omaha Diamond Spirits and the Clarinda (Iowa) A's they split a double header Monday with Omaha, losing the first game 6-0 and winning the second 6-4...

By Rusty Murry Nevada Daily Mail The announcement by a Wyoming company that it plans to reopen a shuttered slaughter house in Rockville, Mo., and begin slaughtering horses has created an air of optimism among the residents of the small community and the surrounding area...

Curtis Cummings, Shane Gamble and Jason Marlin from APAC-Missouri sets up forms for new curb and guttering in the 700 block of North Cedar Street Monday afternoon. APAC will be installing new curbs and gutters as well as milling and paving North Cedar Street from Hickory to Atlantic this summer as well as Ashland from Ash to Spring, the 500 to 1100 blocks of North Oak Street and the 200 and 300 blocks of East Minnesota Street. ...

By Eric Wade Special to the Daily Mail PECULIAR, Mo. -- Despite heavy rainfall in the early morning hours of Wednesday, the field was in near-perfect playing condition at Raisbeck Park as the Nevada Red Sox came to town for a pair of AAA games against the Harrisonville Moose...