Stories from Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Mary Louise Wallace, 80, Walker, Mo., passed away on Saturday, June 16, 2012, as the result of an automobile accident. She was born Sept. 20, 1931, in Walker, Mo., to Gale Alfred Oyler and Violet Mae Halstead Oyler. She married John Leslie Wallace on Aug. 13, 1949, in Nevada, and he resides of the home...

Svata Bozak enters Nevada on Tuesday afternoon during the Race Across America, an annual coast-to-coast bicycle race. Bozak is from the Czech Republic. The race course passes through Fort Scott, Kan. and Nevada on its way to Time Station 31 at Weaubleau. ...

Nevada blasts Sedalia behind first baseman's two home runs

By Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor The importance of solid defense was easy to see on Tuesday night. The Nevada Griffons took advantage of six Sedalia errors in a 13-2 victory over the Bombers. And while Sedalia had numerous miscues in the field, the host Griffons were solid defensively for most of the contest. In fact, the Griffons turned four double plays -- all were key in halting Sedalia rallies...

MINK LEAGUE STANDINGS...

"You brought flowers to me in memory of Paul Jr.! How thoughtful and kind." Maria Akers of Crocker, Mo., exclaimed as she gave Jay Skidmore a hug. Skidmore and his wife, Mercedes, traveled from their home in Port Hueneme, Calif., to visit the mother of the youngest sailor to die on the USS Enterprise Jan. 14, 1969. Jay had served on the Enterprise at one time...

A Walker, Mo., woman was killed in a weekend crash in Nevada, on Saturday evening, June 16. Mary L. Wallace, 80, of Walker, was pronounced dead by Vernon County Coroner David Ferry after the 2002 Ford Taurus she was driving pulled into the path of a 2010 Mercury Mariner driven by Tiffany A. Scheer, 17, of Nevada, Mo...

The city has received a lot of complaints recently about the geese at Radio Springs and Walton Parks. They spend their days eating grass, uprooting shoreline plants, and leaving droppings along walking paths. Since there are few natural predators of Canada geese and even fewer living in town, the goose population tends to increase causing problems every few years. This year happens to be one of those years...

More than three dozen employers and several dozen job seekers gather for a jobs fair held in the gymnasium at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center on Tuesday. The free, well attended event was sponsored by the Missouri Career Center and the Nevada Vernon County Chamber of Commerce. ...

Butch Beeman, Trout, Beeman & Company, told the Nevada City Council during their meeting Tuesday night that there were no significant findings in the city's 2011 fiscal audit. "The city has made great strides since last year's audit," Beeman said. Dana McIntire said that this gives the city a clean audit...