Stories from Friday, August 9, 2013

Mary Anna Elizabeth Brown Laflen, 99, Moundville, Mo., passed away after a short illness Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, at Christian Health Care, Nevada, Mo. She was born on Jan. 24, 1914, in Carleton, Neb., to Arthur John and Rhoda Ellen Wheeler Brown. She was married Aug. 15, 1931, in Butler, Mo., to Allen Matthew Laflen, who preceded her in death on Aug. 7, 2009. They were married for 77 years...

Yes, it happened. Some of my faithful readers might remember that sometime near Mother's Day I wrote a column stating that the greatest gift I could receive instead of clothes or pretty things for the house would be for all our kids to come spend a day helping out around the house. It was read by at least one of our children. This weekend it happened...

Returning Cottey College students and new freshmen and transfers will be officially welcomed back to Nevada when the college, the Nevada-Vernon County Chamber of Commerce and the city of Nevada host a community picnic and partner fair. Students from 37 states and 19 countries, along with area businesses and organizations, will convene Saturday, Aug. 24, from 6-8 p.m. at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center...

Nevada Daily Mail When Schell City residents get out their checkbooks to pay their 2013 property taxes they may see a small decrease thanks to the rate set by the state auditor's office and approved by the Schell City Board of Aldermen Wednesday night...

Nevada Daily Mail A 54-year-old Nevada man made an appearance in the Vernon County courtroom of Associate Circuit Judge Neal Quitno on Thursday to face two class B felony counts of child molestation. Gary Albert Herring was arrested in late June after the charges were filed earlier in the month alleging that he had sexual contact with a child less than 14 years old...

Nevada Daily Mail On Tuesday, Bob True Beisly III pleaded guilty in the United States District Court in Springfield to his part in a long running scheme to defraud Cargill, Inc., a leading producer and marketer of food and agricultural products, by creating fictitious scale tickets for loads of grain that were paid for but never actually delivered to the company's feed mill at Butterfield, Mo...