Stories from Thursday, January 9, 2014

Well, the votes are in and as usual, I have a big problem with the things I've seen in this year's Major League Baseball Hall of Fame ballots. Don't get me wrong, I'm not na*ve enough to believe anything was going to be any different from what it is, but it still really irks me. It's seems, the Hall has become more of a cathedral than simply a showcase for the best players the game has ever seen, as it was originally intended to be...

Irene Neva (Worthington) Banks, 68, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., went to be with her Savior on Jan. 7, 2014. Irene was born July 13, 1945, in Stockton, Mo., the daughter of James Worthington and Neva (Simrell Worthington) Rust. She lived in Stockton until she moved to El Dorado Springs, Mo...

Patricia Ann Robb, 67, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Dec. 26, 2013, at Landmark Hospital, Joplin, Mo. She was born Aug. 22, 1946, in Nevada, to Henry Kenneth Smith and Hazel Irene (Miler) Smith. Patricia and Russell Robb were married on June 4, 1979, in Miami, Okla., and he preceded her in death on Feb. 2, 2008...

No injuries were reported from an accident that occurred Jan. 7 involving a Bates County Sheriff's vehicle. The BCS Office received a call regarding a traffic accident on A Highway and V Highway in Hume. The accident occurred when an on-duty Bates County deputy was traveling eastbound out of Hume and a vehicle traveling westbound into Hume collided...

November opened on a down note for many Nevada residents, when Hardee's Restaurant was destroyed by an early morning blaze that attracted a large crowd of watchers standing in a light rain. In addition to the 25 firefighters from five departments who spent several hours fighting the fire, the Nevada Police Department closed several blocks of Austin Boulevard to traffic and the Red Cross that provided food, coffee and water to the firefighters. ...

Nevada Daily Mail With the Jan. 21 deadline to file for a seat on town boards of aldermen and school boards throughout Vernon County rapidly approaching, some candidates have committed themselves to community service. The Bronaugh School District attracted the most candidates, Korey Yount, Saundra Bogart, Bret Banes and Chris Haynes, while no one has filed for the two seats up for election on the town's board of aldermen...