Walker News

Bushwhacker Days committee members scurry about to get their information booth packed up before abandoning the Square due to threatening weather.

In ceremonies held at the main campus in Neosho, Mo., on Saturday, May 23, Crowder College's Nevada Campus graduated 66 students, a record number of graduates in one semester, said Campus Director Donna Thomas.

G'day mates! Don't be a bludger , come join the fun on the Boomerang Express at the Cornerstone Baptist Church June 22 through June 26 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Kidaroos -- blokes and shiela's from 4 years old to grade 6, go on walkabout to learn about Australia and how much Jesus loves them at the Cornerstone Baptist Church's Vacation Bible School.

The graduation class of 2009 was the first Kindergarten of Northeast Vernon County.

With a staff member looking on with a smile,Nevada R-5 Assistant Superintendent Christi Peterson reads cards and messages from staffers and community members at a reception held on Friday, May 22.

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.

Bronaugh R-7 Superintendent Patricia Phillips took the floor to inform the board during a special meeting Tuesday night that a special election would have to be held to break the tie for the board position race between incumbent Rick Piper and challenger David Reedy.

Voting booths like this one await Vernon County voters who will cast their ballots today for candidates running for area school boards and city, village and township officials, water district board members and a Vernon County Ambulance District board member, as well as special township road levys.

Dorcas and Glen Noble, on their wedding day. * Nobles look back on double wedding, and nearly 60 years of marriage.

Erika and Jason Thomas, of Nevada, and big brother Draysen, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Bryleigh Grace Thomas.

TAX-Time and Ted Smith CPA has opened an office at 500 N. 3rd St., Suite B, in Ozark.

John Michael Foreman and Lorina May Lukenbill announce their engagement. John is a graduate of Nevada High School, 2005.

It was the middle of October in 1965. Carolyn Dennis of Walker, Mo., gathered her courage and made plans to go to Alaska to marry her sweetheart, Jack Wallace.

The Vernon County University Extension Council is urging the citizens of Vernon County to participate in the election of council members.

The highlight of June in Vernon County is always Bushwhacker Days, the county's biggest celebration of history, hometown fun, food, music and more.

As the new year dawns so do the new addresses for Vernon County residents, except those living within incorporated areas such as Nevada, Walker and Sheldon.

Wednesday's slick roadways led to more traffic crashes on state highways, according to reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

NEVADA, Mo. - A fire early Wednesday at a rural home in Vernon County claimed the lives of two children.

An early morning house fire caused the deaths of two children Wednesday. The fire, at 54 highway and 1700 road, in the Darren and Cheryl Dennison home, was reported to the Vernon County Sheriff's office at 2:22 ...

Times are trying for everyone -- it seems the economic crunch has even hit the North Pole, and Santa and his crew have taken drastic measures to fund Christmas.