Stories from Friday, October 26, 2012

James "Jim" E. Collins, 98, of Olathe, Kan., passed away Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home. A prayer service will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Penwell Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service until 8 p.m. ...

Pearl Spurlock, 80, Nevada, died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. She was born Dec. 9, 1931, in Tribbey, Ky., to William Robinson and Mary Ellen Combs Robinson. Funeral services and family information will be announced by Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada...

A pre-trial conference that had been scheduled Thursday, for Joanna Roberts, one of four defendants in a case alleging that two Vernon County jailers brought marijuana into the jail for money was continued to Dec. 6. at 1:30 p.m. Roberts, the girlfriend of Bob Beisly III, another defendant in the case, is represented by Brandon Fisher...

Choosing from a broad array of suggested improvements, the city of Nevada Infrastructure outlined its recommendations for street projects for 2013, during a meeting Thursday in City Council chambers. The plan includes projects on airport drive, the 200 block of North Jefferson, the 300 block of East Minnesota, five blocks of West Hunter, from the 1000 block to Prewitt, the 100 block of South Prewitt, the 100 block of North Prewitt, the 100 block of South Perkins, and Wight Street from Cedar to Adams.. ...

John Becker, 72, of Nevada remains in critical condition after the Oct. 19 incident in which a tractor-trailer swerved to miss a passenger car and crashed into the Quick Dine restaurant at Atlantic and Osage in Nevada. Becker was transported from the scene to Freeman Hospital, Joplin, where...

On July 15, 2009, Belinda Beisly was found murdered in her Deerfield home, the victim of a gunshot wound. Since then, there's been little information disclosed on the investigation, and family members are hopeful that news of a suspect may soon be released...

The third session of the Nevada Citizen Police Academy graduated at a ceremony conducted Oct. 24 at the Public Safety Building.

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail In the United States, people have great freedom to choose how they will respond to life events, what career paths they'll choose, and the lifestyles they'll lead. Shawn D'Abreu knows a bit about life changes and choices, and each choice, each event can impact the lives of individuals and those around them...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail The playoffs. It's a time when the season starts anew and things really start to matter. Thursday night at Logan Field, the Nevada Tigers and the Tigers of Warrensburg got their first taste of that excitement as they squared off in the only game of the first week of the Class 4, District 7 tournament that was played on the night. ...