Schell City News

Upon arrival with a fire crew at the scene of a vacant residential structure fire, Assistant Fire Chief Dale Elliott Haddix of Schell City Fire Department engaged the pump on the department apparatus and then slumped over when he experienced a medical emergency.

A Vernon County man has been charged with arson in a Saturday fire that destroyed two buildings.

Schell City is mourning the death of Schell City Fire Chief Dale Haddix, 70, who perished after having responded to a July 4 fire caused by what officials described as "the improper use of fireworks." Haddix died while assisting with firefighting efforts, and officials hope an autopsy on Haddix, whose body has been transported to Springfield for ...

National Weather Service survey teams will check for tornado damage in the El Dorado Springs and Schell City areas northwest of Springfield and around Mountain View to the east today.

Bushwhacker Days committee members scurry about to get their information booth packed up before abandoning the Square due to threatening weather.

Jeanne Board, Nevada, stands next to her oil painting that won Best of Show in the Vernon County Arts Council's 2009 Spring Exhibition, held in the former Movie Gallery Building on Austin Boulevard in Nevada.

The graduation class of 2009 was the first Kindergarten of Northeast Vernon County.

With a chance of more rain in the forecast every day this week, flooding and flash flooding remain a concern.

Heavy rains inundated the area again on Wednesday, and is expected to continue through the next several days, increasing the risk of flooding and leading the National Weather Service to note that many changes in flooding forecasts could change as weather events unfold.

A seven-year-old Schell City girl was taken to the hospital today after an ATV accident in Vernon County.

Members of the Northeast Vernon County High School Team Spirit hosted its first "Docu-Drama -- Mock Car Crash" held in a decade Friday, April 24, on the south side of the NEVC campus.

Things are going well, that's the word from site supervisor Les Paine, to the Vernon County Commissioners during the weekly update at the site of the new Vernon County Jail.

A Schell City woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on Route AA, three miles south of Schell City in Vernon County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The highlight of June in Vernon County is always Bushwhacker Days, the county's biggest celebration of history, hometown fun, food, music and more.

Rust MO/KS, publishers of the Nevada DailyMail/Fort Scott Tribune have come out with a bold new publication celebrating the women of southeast Kansas and southwestern Missouri.

Jenny and Roger Dade Jr., of Schell City, and big sister Kelly, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Brody Lane Dade.

There were reports of cows out in the Deerfield area, a theft in the Walker area, cows out in the Schell City area, animal neglect in the Dederick area, a traffic stop in the Milo area, a vehicle accident in ...