Vernon County News

The good news: fair weather is in store for the area for Thanksgiving. Mild temperatures and sunny skies are forecast for Vernon County, through Saturday, although there could be a chance of showers on Sunday.

It was a nasty afternoon; light drizzle and intermittent sleet pelted me occasionally as I sat in the blind.

Editor's note: Throughout Missouri, public defenders are struggling to manage tiny budgets and massive case load, and those who serve Vernon County are no exception.

Northeast Vernon County High School Principal Charles Naas accepts a flag presented to the school by Missouri State Representative and United States Marine Corps veteran Barney J. Fisher, during an event honoring veterans conducted Wednesday.

The annual holiday parade and Miss Merry Christmas pageant organizers have begun taking registrations for these holiday events, to be held on Friday, Dec.

Raymond Shirley brings out the uniform he wore during World War II. --Neoma Foreman/Special to the Daily Mail In 1943, facing a shortage of nurses caused by the needs of World War II, the Federal Government established the Cadet Nurse Corps.

The Vernon County Sheriff's Office is investigating a home invasion late Monday during which a resident was shot in the hand with a shotgun.

A 57-year-old Lockwood woman, Rita Murray, died on the way to St. John's hospital in Springfield, Sunday afternoon, following an accident on Highway 32, 4 miles south of El Dorado Springs, according to a report from Corporal Mitch Bush, Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Brian Leonard and Sherry Steward have emerged as the tentative winners of two open seats on the Nevada City Council.

Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 12:55 p.m. Friday on Highway 60 in Granby, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

A 22-year-old woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 9:40 p.m. Monday on Route B at Sheldon in Vernon County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Kaleb Leonard, 24, Sheldon, will be arraigned in Vernon County Circuit Court Nov.

Vernon County authorities located the body of a missing 20-year-old Nevada man about midday Monday.

The Nevada City Council will be holding a special council meeting today, at 8:30 a.m., to consider the second readings of five ordinance to approve contracts with the city.

Hi neighbors. Recently I read where the Nevada Daily Mail earned an award for excellence.

Costumes and candy fill store aisles, and pumpkins are stacked high at produce stands and in patches all around town.

Luke Christensen, Mackenzie Gallagher, Valerie Rainey and Hesston Whitley, from the Nevada Middle School Action Class, look at a laptop computer that was brought in for recycling Saturday during the annual Nevada-Vernon County Clean-up Day at the City-County Recycling Center.

Newton County authorities will again attempt to contact two women who previously accused the pastor of a rural Granby church of molesting them while they were underage, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Governor Jay Nixon announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 28 Missouri counties as primary natural disaster areas because of rain, strong winds and flooding which caused agricultural production losses.

By Randy Scruggs The Mirror The need for a new jail and funding for the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department were the main topics discussed Thursday at the Pulaski County Commission meeting.