Stories from Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Johnnie Lee Wolfe, 66, of Raymore, Mo., passed away April 3, 2015. John was born May 5, 1948, in Nevada, Mo., the son of Earl (Bud) and Virginia L. Garfield Wolfe. John was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Michael Earl Wolfe. He is survived by his wife, Barbara J. ...

Elmer W. Phillips, 90, of Raytown, Mo., passed away April 5, 2015.
 Bill was a proud member of the U.S. Army and was a World War II Army veteran and a devoted family man.
He was a Deputy Sheriff, in Nevada, in 1959 and 1960. Bill was very proud of his time spent as a law enforcement officer and of his military service. 
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Missouri State Representative District 126 What a beautiful site it has been at the Missouri capitol! The trees have been filled with pink and white blooms around the building and the guests have been enjoying sunny weather for their capitol visits. We had a busy week in the House discussing many legislative topics. Following are some of the highlights:...

Nevada Daily Mail More than 1,400 ballots were cast by registered voters of Vernon County in the 2015 municipal election Tuesday, for a wide range of county, city, school and township positions, from council and board members to mayors, as well as other items on the ballot...

Nevada Daily Mail Incumbents Mike McCaffree and Monty Smith were re-elected to the Nevada R-5 School Board Tuesday night. In the unofficial vote count, with write-ins still to be figured in, McCaffree polled 39.42 percent of the vote, with 531 votes; and Smith garnered 38.6 percent with 520...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada's City Council election will apparently return incumbent Jayne Novak, but unofficial results left Michael Brown and Ryan Watts apparently tied for the second position. Just what happens next remained uncertain, although write-ins were still to be tallied, and a check of the votes was expected for Wednesday...

Nevada Daily Mail Work on replacing the interceptor sewer lines that circle the city and take the city's sewage to the new wastewater treatment plant should begin early this summer. Tuesday night the Nevada City Council voted 5-0, to pass on first and second readings an emergency ordinance authorizing the issuance of up to $2,722,000 of combined waterworks and sewerage system revenue bonds to finance the replaclement of the sewage interceptor lines...

During the Civil War in the early spring of 1865 the Union forces in Missouri were bracing for another year of combat with the elusive Bushwhacker (Confederate Guerrillas) in Missouri. Little did both sides know that the Civil War would officially end in early April of "65", so one of the continued Union goals was to eradicate or exterminate the enemy guerrillas. ...