Stories from Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Wilma L. Burdick, 82, of Nevada, passed away Friday, July 14, in Nevada. Wilma was born March 30, 1935, in Nevada, the daughter of Clarence and Stella (Hoover) Hoskins. She graduated from Nevada High School and married Billie Burdick on Dec. 29, 1952...

Vivian Ann Weil (who preferred to be called Ann), the widow of Charles Gwinton Weil, died Saturday, July 15, at Morningside of Nevada Assisted Living at the age of 93. With an air of southern grace, she possessed elegance, beauty, fashion and a special allure of kindheartedness and was beloved by many and befriended many throughout her life. ...

Pamela Sue Long, 72, of Nevada, passed away Sunday, July 16, at Moore Few Care Center in Nevada. Pam was born March 5, 1945, in Sedalia, Mo., the daughter of Bob and Maurine (Ridgeway) Long. As a young girl Pam was Baptized and a member of First Christian Church in Sedalia, where the family attended for many years...

Several people showed up for the Nevada City Council meeting Tuesday to show support and express concerns about a proposed smoking ordinance under consideration. Representatives from local vape stores were seeking an exemption for their stores because sampling of their products is a large part of the service they offer and a ban on indoor use would negatively affect those businesses...

Her name is Jennifer Rinker. She was born and raised in Nevada to a mom and dad who battled their own demons with substance abuse. “I was a needle user [of methamphetamines] for just about 20 years,” said Rinker. Thinking across the years and all who used drugs alongside her, she shakes her head. Many of them are now dead...

Six months is all someone needs to see the impact of agriculture on Vernon County. Stay long enough for either the planting season or harvest, and you will come to realize the scope of agriculture throughout the county. According to the Missouri Department of Agriculture, in 2016, producers and their supporters in Vernon County generated $951.9 million dollars in sales and generated $55 million in tax revenue...

Did dinosaurs once roam where now stands the little town of Cartilage Creek? That’s the question that draws our hero to this Arizona hotspot where he encounters the loyalty and duplicity, generosity and greed, kindness and cruelty, competence and corruption of the inhabitants of this small desert town. ...