Stories from Saturday, November 21, 2009

Marie Catherine Arbogast Hannon, 91, of Victoria, Texas, died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Nov. 23, at Woodland Cemetery, in Mound City, Kan. Visitation will be from 10 a.m., until the time of service at Coffel-Schneider Chapel, of Mound City...

The Missouri Department of Conservation is set to host a fly fishing and fly tying workshop on Saturday, Dec. 5. The workshop will be open to the public and will be offered free of charge. The workshop will run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., and will include lessons on fly tying as well as proper fly fishing technique...

POMONA, Calf. -- The 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomonais over marking the end of the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season. For the Vroom Racing Pro Stock Motorcycle team, the season ended on an upward swing...

NEVADA, Mo. -- Nevada Lady Tigers head basketball coach Brent Bartlett is heading into his 16th season as a coach -- his 13th at Nevada High School -- with very high hopes for the season. "We have a group of girls that are very athletic and competitive," he said...

More than 70 friends, family members, drug court participants and committee members gathered in the Bowman Building cafeteria at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, to celebrate the occasion of Catherine Nowak graduating from the Vernon County Adult Drug Court Program...

The unidentified man in the photo which ran in a Veterans Day tribute advertisement in the Nov. 10 edition of The Fort Scott Tribune now has an identity. Charles Smith called The Tribune Thursday afternoon identifying the man in the photo as his brother-in-law, Verle E. "Bud" Hill, of Hot Springs Village, Ark...

Nevada, Mo. -- It's time for change in the 4th Congressional District, according to Vicky Hartzler, and she wants to be the agent of that change. She's running for the seat Ike Skelton has held for 30 years. "Our current Congress-man is voting 96 percent with Nancy Pelosi," Hartzler said. "Ike was one of four deciding votes on Cap and Trade, which will increase costs on everyone. This district deserves better leadership than its getting now. It's time for him to go."...

Start spreading the news. They're leaving Saturday. Ashley Feagins and Lauren Rockhold, two cheerleaders at Uniontown High School, plan to leave Saturday on a plane to travel to New York City to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The two girls, who were chosen earlier this year as All-American Cheerleaders by the National Cheerleading Association, recently finished raising the remainder of the funds needed to make the trip and represent the area by performing in the 83rd annual parade.. ...

The Vernon County Ambulance District is getting a helping hand this year with their annual toy drive from the Phi Beta Lambda chapter, Adult Business Technology class of Nevada Regional Technical Center. Jeri Senkevech, district secretary, said the help was greatly appreciated, especially in light of the economy...