Stories from Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Ray Albert Bruce was born Sept. 6, 1954, in Nevada Mo., the fourth child of Albert Roy and Rose Mary Lynn Bruce. He passed away Aug. 20, 2015, at his home outside of Nevada. Ray attended early elementary at Walker and Roscoe, graduating from Osceola High in 1973. ...

In loving memory of Glenn Edward Johnson, dedicated husband, father, and brother, 63, who passed away at his home in Nevada, Mo., on Thursday, July 23, 2015. Born in Hibbing, Minn., on Nov. 6, 1951, to Jacqueline and Elmer Johnson. Glenn graduated from Cherry High School in 1969 and entered military service first at Naval Station Training Center in Great Lakes, Ill., then at Naval Base Ventura County in Port Hueneme, Calif., to become a Navy Seabee in the unit CBMU302. ...

James Charles Rives, 88, Moundville, Mo., passed away at his home on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, following a brief illness. He was born on Oct. 29, 1926, in Iantha, Mo., to Charles Lee Rives and Alice Costello Rives. He married Josephine Snider on June 12, 1950, in Kinsley, Kan., and she preceded him in death on June 12, 2013...

Carl L. Pitts, 83, Liberal, Mo., died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, in Lamar, Mo. Carl was born July 6, 1932, in Jericho Springs, Mo., the son of Clarence Franklin and Mary Pearl (Jenkins) Pitts. No services will be scheduled at this time. His wish was to be cremated and his ashes buried in the Liberal City Cemetery...

Travis and Erin Cole, of Nevada, Mo., and older siblings, McKenzie and Jonathan, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Cameron Joseph Cole. Cameron was born at 7:12 p.m., Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, at Fort Scott Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kan. He weighed 7 pounds, 7.3 ounces, and measured 21 inches...

Nevada Daily Mail For a third year, the Council on Families in Crisis and the Moss House are hosting a fundraising event which gives the community an opportunity to help raise awareness of domestic and sexual abuse against women. The Men's Awareness Walk or Man Up event today, encourages anyone interested to take part in the walk from the community center to the CMJ Financial Center on Austin Street and back. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Sheldon board of aldermen discussed their contract with the Vernon County Sheriff's Office during their meeting Thursday evening, a discussion that had come up previously. For more than two years, the city of Sheldon has been in an open-ended contract with the sheriff's office which provides the city 48 hours of patrol time from sheriff's deputies each month for $648 paid monthly...

Nevada Daily Mail Summer racing action continued at Nevada's I-49 Speedway as 75 cars competed at the track Saturday night. In addition to the regular racing program, mechanic races took place. The first class to take to the track was the pure stock division...

Nevada Daily Mail Junior tailback Cameron Diaz's four touchdown performance propelled the Nevada Tigers junior varsity football team to a 30-20 win over the Willard Tigers. Monday evening's season-opening victory at Logan Field started out rocky for Nevada, as Willard took an early 8-0 lead after running back Josh McGuire rushed in for a score, followed by a successful two-point conversion...

Nevada Daily Mail A woman walking across the United States with the goal of becoming more enlightened to God, stopped in Nevada Thursday. Shanti Shakti, a name she says means peaceful true power and was given to her by the universe as her spirituality developed, said her tradition is spiritual yoga, and while it is not a religion, it is a way for her to find God...