Deerfield News

Bushwhacker Colgate Country Showdown winner Ginelle Esry, 13-year-old daughter of Gary and Nancy Esry, El Dorado Springs, said she enjoyed singing in competitions and that winning was an added bonus.

“Roughly half of every dollar above that we are able to capture as part of our net profit. At $100 a barrel, our profit is about $30 a barrel. That's attractive and that's why we're doing it”

DEERFIELD, Mo. - Pumpjacks, the oil rigs that resemble those thirsty bird toys, are going up in Missouri for the first time in two decades, the latest region to revive a long-faded industry as crude nears $130 ... via ArgusLeader.com

“The local craftsmen here are very skilled”

At its Marmation River Project near Deerfield, Mo., MegaWest Energy has embarked on the first phase of commercial production of heavy oil from Vernon County using s process now economically feasible in the face ... via Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald

Voter turnout was sparse at the polls on Tuesday, but at left a dedicated citizen takes his ballot from an election judge. via Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald

“It would eliminate one board meeting, combines two boards into one and would give the people in VC 6 a lower rate per thousand gallons of water”

Two water districts in Vernon County are proposing to merge into one. Currently the largest, Consolidated Public Water Supply District No. via Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald

Oil and natural gas drilling activity hit a 22-year high in 2007, according to the latest Quarterly Well Completion report from the American Petroleum Institute. via Kansas.com

MegaWest Energy Corp. , an independent oil and gas company , specializing in non-conventional oil and gas projects with a focus on North American heavy oil, is pleased to announce the start of steam injection ... via Market Wire

Vernon County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a rural gas station at 9:52 Monday night to investigate a reported robbery. via Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald

“It was a promoters paradise because of the shallow depths and our western county looked like swiss cheese we had so many holes out there”

A real life Jed Clampett has been found in southwest Missouri. Jody and Jim Long decided to buy a piece of land in Deerfield, Mo. via KSDK NewsChannel 5

Echo's destroyed by weekend fire A smoldering pile of ash and steel is all that remained after a four-alarm blaze brought Echo's lounge to the ground early Sunday morning. via Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald

The Vernon County University Extension Council has announced that now is the time to participate in the election of council members, which is slated to begin today. via Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald

“Crude oil is made up of a lot of things and when it's not very deep in the ground, the more volatile parts of it, like methane, butane, propane, evaporate or escape into the air and what's left in the ground is thicker”

DEERFIELD, Mo. - Nearly 800,000 barrels of oil have come out of Vernon County since 1960, according to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. via Joplin Globe

“I used to be in the real estate auctioneer business and this happened in the late 60s and the 80s, but this is the first time in a long time”

DEERFIELD, Mo. - It's not Texas tea, but a healthy dose of Missouri molasses is drawing international attention to the farm fields of Vernon County. via Joplin Globe

“We have seen the price of soybeans escalate over the last 60 days”

By Melissa Dunson mdunson@joplinglobe.com NEVADA, Mo. - Eight years in the making, the Prairie Pride plant near Nevada is now producing soybean-based biodiesel. via Joplin Globe

Police say an unlicensed Tennessee motorist led them on a chase into Missouri and was finally cornered when he pulled into a truck stop with no rear exit. via The Jackson Sun

A Deerfield woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 6:30 a.m. Monday on Route FF, 13 miles southwest of Eve in Vernon County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. via Joplin Globe