Stories from Saturday, May 26, 2018

Editor’s note: The M.I.N.K. League is an independent summer baseball league, comprised of eight teams from Missouri and Iowa. A familiar site will soon be returning to Lyons Stadium, with the Nevada Griffons home-opener set for June 3 against the defending M.I.N.K. League champion St. Joseph Mustangs...

Donald LeRoy Ashby Jr., 53, Galena, Kan. (formerly of Nevada), passed away on Tuesday, May 22, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin from a recent diagnosis of lung cancer. Don was born Dec. 19, 1964, in Nevada, to Donald LeRoy Ashby Sr. and Judith Ann (Shields) Ashby...

Mark Gilmer Welborn, 63, of Las Vegas, Nevada passed away May 15, following a short illness. A native of Vernon County, Mark was born at the Nevada City Hospital on May 10, 1955, to Joseph Eugene (“Gene”) and Lula (Pratt) Welborn of rural Nevada. He was the 4th of 6 children all raised in the Ellis community...

Mark Burres, 56, Harrisonville, Mo., died May 23. Graveside inurnment will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 26, at Worsley Cemetery in Bronaugh. A celebration of life will be held at noon at the El Dorado Springs Optimist Club. Arrangements are by Atkinson Funeral home in Harrisonville, Mo., 816-380-3268...

I heard a story recently where someone drove to a jail in a stolen vehicle to pick up someone else who was getting out of jail. The deputies just waited for them to walk right into the jail before they informed them that they were under arrest for stealing a car. ...

Hi neighbors. Today kicks off the Memorial Day weekend for 2018! It’s the weekend for family gatherings, backyard barbecues and visiting relatives. Many will celebrate Memorial Day by placing small American flags on the graves of deceased military members and flowers on graves of other deceased family members...

Firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians — all first responders — the people who run toward danger when everyone else is running away. Everyday, they pull on their bunker pants, strap on their duty weapon or shove a stethoscope into their pocket and answer the calls to respond to innumerable types of emergencies: everyday, may be their last...