Stories from Saturday, February 5, 2011

Kenneth Charles Stangeland, 84, Nevada, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, at Freeman West Medical Center, Joplin, Mo. He was born June 2, 1926, in Dell Rapids, S.D. He married Betty Jean Kriens on Dec. 3, 1952, in Sioux Falls, S.D., and she preceded him in death on Oct. 24, 1997...

Kathryn M. Fast, 91, Nevada, died on Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, at her home in Nevada. Funeral arrangements and family information will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

William E. "Bill" Baldwin, 57, of Hume, Mo., died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, at Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, Kan. Graveside memorial services will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, Feb. 7, at the Independence Cemetery, Hume, Mo. Visitation will be from 3-5 p.m., Sunday, at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Pleasanton, Kan...

January 15 Jeffrey L. Yockey, Nevada, failure to signal, improper right turn, seat belt law. January 16 Kevin L. Berning, Atchison, Kan., expired license plate, no proof of insurance. John M. Moss Jr., Nevada, failure to stop at stop sign. Zebediah T. Roberts, Nevada, expired license plate, no proof of insurance, failure to register vehicle...

The Nevada Planning Commission will be holding three public hearings and considering the accompanying requests for changes in zoning during their monthly meeting at 5:15, Tuesday evening, in the council chambers in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash St...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Charges were officially filed Friday morning by the Bourbon County Attor-ney's Office resulting from a routine traffic stop which turned into a drug bust. Ac-cording to the Bourbon County Attor-ney's Office, Thomas Lavon Coyan II, 30, of Fort Scott, has been charged with "unlawful acts; sale or distribution of opiates, opium, narcotic drugs or stimulants; possession of hallucinogenic drugs or other substances; simulated controlled substances and drug paraphernalia, use or possession prohibited; criminal possession of a firearm; no tax stamp; simulated controlled substances and drug paraphernalia, use or possession prohibited," court papers show.. ...

The USDA Livestock Indemnity Program is an ongoing program in force through Sept 30, to compensate producers for livestock death losses, due to adverse weather, which are in excess of a producer's normal livestock mortality. Adverse weather conditions include lightning, ice storms, flooding, wildfire, blizzard, tornado, extreme heat or extreme cold...

Nevada, Mo. -- Last week'ssnowstorm caused problems for everyone in southwest Missouri, but it posed unique challenges at Heartland Behavioral Health Services. Blizzard-force winds driving 18 inches of snow buffeted the psychiatric hospital harder than most because many of its 200 employees commute from Lamar, El Dorado Springs and Joplin in Missouri and from Fort Scott and Pittsburg in Kansas, CEO Alyson Harder said Thursday...

After some confusion, a $1.8 million construction bid for Bourbon County Sewer District No. 1 at Lake Fort Scott has been awarded to McInroy Contractors LLC of Nevada, Mo. Bids for the construction of Bourbon County Sewer District No. 1 were opened on Jan. 12; however, one bid was missing a couple documents and another was handwritten and illegible...

Cayden Rinker, 9, dad Jason Rinker, and Sylvan Rinker, 7, hollowed out an igloo large enough for three persons in their yard on Douglas Street in Nevada. Insulated by the heavy layer of snow, Jason says the temperature inside is about 60 degrees. Although the boys' mother, Amanda Cashell, was quite nervous at the prospect, the three slept in their shelter Thursday night. After working on the shelter more on Friday, the trio planned another campout on Friday...

Paul and Cherri Walrod of Eudora, Kan., announce the engagement of their daughter, Loryn Alyse Walrod, to Andrew Kent Woodworth of Olathe, Kan. Andrew is the son of Kent and Amy Woodworth of Olathe, Kan. The bride's grandparents are Charles and Willa Cable of Redfield and Bill and Joyce Worcester of Hiawatha, Kan.; her great-grandmother is Mable Taiclet of Fort Scott...