Stories from Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Margreat Virginia Bolser, 81, Wheatland, Mo., passed away on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, at Citizen's Memorial Hospital, Bolivar, Mo. She was born on Dec. 19, 1934, in Pleasant Hill, Mo., to Francisco Nunez and Mary Ellen (Little) Nunez. She married Larry Glenn Bolser on April 18, 1964, in Nevada, Mo., and he survives of the home...

George Douglas Campbell, 64, Nevada, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, at Freeman West Hospital, in Joplin, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 29, at the United Methodist Church in Nevada with the Rev. Sharon Freeman officiating. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, at the funeral home...

Bonnie Ann Blakely, 68, of Schell City, MO., the daughter of William Everett and Anna Elizabeth (Hillier) Baile,y was born June 9, 1947, in Nevada, Mo., and entered the gates of Heaven Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, at home after a lengthy and hard fought battle with cancer...

Nevada Daily Mail State Rep. Patricia Pike hosted an information session with Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler that touched on a wide range of topics. And while the bulk of the time was spent on federal issues, Rep. Pike gave everyone a brief update on the Legislature's efforts in grappling with the impact of the Real ID Act and its effect on Missouri residents...

Nevada Daily Mail The Youth Enrichment Services at Nevada High School hosted an anti-bullying conference to allow students to share their experiences and learn about the effect bullying can have on others. The conference Jan. 22 hosted three speakers, Jennifer Thomas, a juvenile officer with the 28th Judicial Circuit Juvenile Office, Trisha Bridgewater, a psychologist, and Jeanna Brauer, coordinator of counseling at Cottey College...

FRONTENAC -- The second-seeded Nevada Tigers quest for the Kansas Army National Guard Invitational championship ended with a 60-51 defeat at the hands of Fort Scott in Saturday's title game. Nevada opened the tournament Thursday by crushing the Southwest Trojans of Washburn followed by a 57-46 victory over Wichita Independent in Friday's semifinals. After going 2-1 at the tournament, Nevada is 10-4 overall...

Nevada Daily Mail B.G. Wolfe C.P.A., who was hired by the Vernon County Ambulance District board to conduct an audit of the district's finances, told the board during its Thursday night board meeting that he had turned the discovery portion of the district's independent audit to the Missouri Highway Patrol for investigation...