Sheldon News

The Aug. 5 primary election is just around the corner, and candidates in statewide and county races are lined up and ready to seek your vote.

Suffering from those summertime blues already? If you're a teenager in a rural Missouri community, chances are, those nothing-to-do blues are in full swing by now.

The streets of Sheldon will be rocking on Saturday, June 21, as the Sheldon Teen Center presents the Battle of the Bands.

In a regular meeting slated for 7 o'clock tonight, at Sheldon City Hall, 110 W. Main St., Sheldon, that city's aldermen plan to discuss well pump bids and funding with revenue bonds, sidewalk repair, an animal ...

A Sheldon man riding an ATV was killed Tuesday afternoon when he was struck broadside after failing to yield to an oncoming car.

Eric Wade/Daily Mail-- Sheldon Fire Chief David May cuts and removes a fallen tree branch from the roadway in Sheldon in the aftermath of a Tuesday night storm.

Submitted photos-- Roy and Pearl Carlton, the second owners of the Carlton farm.

Ralph Pokorny/Nevada Daily Mail-- The mural honoring local veterans that hung in the 100 block of S. Cedar St.

By Richard Cooper LAMAR - The rural fire department that serves the northern portion of Barton County is still somewhat of an unsettled issue although state statutes make it clear the task is the responsibility ...

Horse parade winners Winners of the Katy Days Horse Parade have been announced. They are: Best Dressed -- Carter Pugh from Irwin, Mo.

A 49-year-old Kansas City man died when he jumped off a boat into the Lake of the Ozarks to rescue his grandchild, the Missouri State Water Patrol said.Gregory Tucker died about 6:50 p.m. Saturday when he ...

A Sheldon man drowned Saturday afternoon when his boat capsized. Jerry Ray, 69, was baiting a trot line in the Schell-Osage Wildlife Area near Schell City when the accident happened.

“That's our strength in staying here. "The Lord has helped all of us. He sustained us to keep us going.”

Editor's note: This is the first in a continuing series about Century Farms in Vernon County. via Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald

By Richard Cooper LAMAR - Lamar Fire Chief Bill Rawlings says that membership applications to residents in the Lamar rural fire service area will be mailed in the next seven to 10 days. via The Lamar Democrat

By Richard Cooper So many times a potential voter with a busy personal schedule rationalizes passing up a stop at the polls with the thought, "My little one vote won't make any difference anyway." Don't tell ... via The Lamar Democrat

“But, for now it's just business as usual and we're just going to keep trying on the levy.”

Despite the failure of a tax levy increase on the April 8 ballot to fund construction of a new school, Northeast Vernon County R-1 School District Superintendent Charles Naas said it will be business as usual ... via Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald

Barton County voters on April 8 will decide a number of school board and municipal races, including a seven-person race for three seats on the Lamar R-1 Board of Education. via Joplin Globe

“Folks just need to use common sense. When the wind is blowing people need to not be burning. It can get away from you pretty quick”

Justin Messner/Daily Mail-- Nevada fire crews work vigorously to extinguish the yard fire of a rural Nevada member, Wednesday, March 12, after a brush pile fire jumped to the home owner's lawn and spread ... via Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald

Vernon County Circuit Judge Neal Quitno approved a Sheldon woman's request to have her bond reduced after she was arrested and charged with four felony counts of burglary and theft related acts. via Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald

Katlyn Logan, an 11-year 4-H member of Sheldon 4-H Club from Vernon County, was selected as a delegate to represent Missouri 4-H at the National 4-H Conference in Washington, D.C. The National 4-H Conference is ... via Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald