Schell City News

Robert Richardson was on the beaches of Normandy 65 years ago on 'D-Day' Today is Veterans Day, a day set aside to honor those brave men and women who selflessly gave of themselves so that we could enjoy freedom in our daily lives.

Seven days a week Madalyn Crocker and her family have made Schell City area folks feel at home when they come for breakfast, dinner and supper.

John and Robin Coleman, of rural Schell City, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their son, Jordan Seth Coleman, to Casey Renee Jordan, daughter of Mr.

Vernon County Prosecutor Lynn Ewing III and the attorney for Charles E. Stewart, Eric Landoll, agreed to continue the pre-trial hearing on the charges against him for two weeks until Oct.

Nathan Curtis Baker, a boy, was born at 7:15 a.m., Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to parents Ron and Dwan Baker, El Dorado Springs, Mo.

B.D. Dickbreder and his home, recalls his time in the U.S. Army, during World War II.

A single vehicle accident occured Thursday one mile south of Camp Clark in the northbound lane of U.S. 71 Highway when a cloudburst and spray from a tractor-trailer caused Adam Coleman, 21, of Schell City, to lose sight of the road and control of a 1985 Toyota Corolla and exit the right side of the roadway, sliding 300 feet along the ditch.

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.