Stories from Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Lee George Mashek, 58, Deerfield, Mo., died suddenly Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at Freeman Health System West in Joplin. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

William J. Harper, 84, of Nevada, died Monday, July 30, 2012, at St. Lukes Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Graveside services with interment will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 2, at Green Mound Cemetery in Harwood, Mo. Visitation will be held from 6-7 p.m., today, at the Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home in Schell City, Mo...

July 16 Hickory Street and Osage Boulevard, vehicle accident. July 17 Ash Street and Austin Boulevard, vehicle accident. Pawhuska and 1600 roads, mutual aid call. 300 W. Douglas St., aircraft standby. July 18 120 S. Ash St., public service. July 19...

Dear Editor: I would like to bring to the attention of our community the very dedicated services of our local and rural firefighters. During this dreadful drought, our family experienced a fire at our farm which could have easily caused the catastrophic loss of livestock and pasture land. ...

Dear Editor: More than a week after the massacre at a Colorado movie theater, Americans are still reflecting on the latest gun tragedy and casting blame on guns being too easy to obtain, on movies, TV and music being causes, and on the fact that we should be a more loving, tolerant and accepting nation (and people like the gunman in this incident would thus be less likely to go out and murder innocent people)...

Dear editor: Hunting has always been a part of my family, from my grandfather to my older brother, all the way down to me. It's been an important time in my life where I get to share time with family and friends doing something we all love. However, hunting is not only important to my family, but to the state of Missouri. ...

Nevada Daily Mail On Saturday, July 28, 22 teams -- 88 golfers -- played a four-person scramble at the Frank E. Peters golf course in the third annual Masonic Lodge Tournament. Decent temperatures helped make the day more enjoyable for all. There was a three-way tie for first in the Championship Flight with a score of 58 and a three-way tie for third in the A Flight at a score of 67. The ties were broken with a chip and putt contest with one player from each team...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada City Council member Sherry Steward announced during the council's July 2 special meeting that she was resigning from the council at the end of July. Since Steward's term does not expire until April 2014, the city's charter requires that "a vacancy for a period in excess of one year, the City Council shall make arrangements for a Special Election to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term ...."...

The 70th Annual Hume Fair kicked off yesterday wilt a ham and bean feed, followed by a draft horse pull in the arena. The event, often referred to as the "Biggest Little Fair," continues through Saturday with a host of events for people of all ages...

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail With seven days until the Aug. 7 primary, the three Republicans seeking to represent Missouri House District 126 next year compared qualifications and plans to succeed the term-limited Rep. Barney Fisher, during a Tuesday night forum at Nevada High School...