Stories from Saturday, March 21, 2015

BRONAUGH ----The Bronaugh fifth and sixth-grade girls defeated Hume 26-12 Wednesday night, while the Bronaugh boys edged Hume 38-35. Girls game Bronaugh trailed 10-5 after the first quarter, but held Hume to just two points the remainder of the game, as they pulled away for the 14 point victory...

Nevada Daily Mail The news from the Missouri Department of Conservation that the pheasant hunting season this year will be open statewide, doesn't mean that the numbers of the popular game- bird has increased. Beth Emmerich, research scientist for MDC, said, "Having a statewide season on pheasants will eliminate some of the confusion regarding pheasant hunting."...

It was several years ago when I pulled up to the scene of a smashed and twisted up truck on the side of the road after getting reports of a vehicle that was swerving all over the highway. There was still smoke coming from the engine and there were parts of the truck scattered up and down the road. ...

Positions in city government and on our school boards are up for election. That includes seats for the cities of Bronaugh, Nevada, Sheldon, Schell City and Walker, the villages of Deerfield, Harwood, Metz, Milo, Richards, and Stotesbury, and the school boards in Nevada, Northeast Vernon County, Sheldon, El Dorado Springs, and Rich Hill...

Hi neighbors. Spring is officially here. Strange how the week before was so much nicer. Oh well, it is official. I hope everyone got a peek at the eclipse yesterday. I write this on Thursday so I'm hoping it was visible here in Nevada. The big, full moon helped make it possible...

Nevada Daily Mail The pre-trial conference held Thursday morning at the Vernon County Courthouse for Logan Ellison, 18, who was arrested and charged with the murder of his grandparents in October 2014, was continued until May 1, at 10 a.m. Ellison's grandparents, Herman, 76, and Rosie Ellison, 77, were discovered in their home in eastern Vernon County near the Cedar County line by their son, Ellison's father, on Friday, Oct. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Commission heard concerns from local business representatives Wednesday concerning the stench surrounding another company located on the northeast edge of Nevada. Brian Hollands, new owner of the Missouri Welding Institute as of Jan. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The state attorney general's office has dropped a murder charge against a Vernon County man who was accused of having his estranged wife killed. Assistant Attorney General David Hansen filed documents in court this week dismissing the first-degree murder charge against 59-year-old Bob Beisly II without prejudice, meaning the charge can be filed again if new evidence is found. There is no statute of limitations on first-degree murder...

The Sheldon R-8 school district held their science fair Thursday evening, giving family and other members of the community an opportunity to see the variety of projects the students researched and based their project on. The students displayed a wide range of project themes, including bridge, volcano and Niagara Falls models as well as projects concerning hair products, efficient basketball shooting methods, the affects of video games, gamer stereotypes, fertilizer types and many others...

Dr. Keith G. Saxon, of Kansas City, and Ms. Mary Dugan, of Liberty, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine D. Saxon, Liberty, Mo., to Dr. Thomas W. Lovinger of Kansas City, son of Dr. and Mrs. Warren Lovinger Jr., of Nevada, Mo. Kate is a 2003 graduate of Liberty High School and received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in 2007 from University of Missouri- Columbia. ...

David Charles Hedges, 82, Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Thursday, March 19, 2015, at St. Lukes Hospice House, in Kansas City, Mo., following a brief illness. David was born on Sept. 5, 1932, in Nevada, to Owen Myers and Zelma Lorraine (Houth) Hedges. On May 16, 1964, he was united in marriage to Florence B. Kennedy and she survives of the home...