Vernon County News

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 ...

Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area took another step closer to becoming a reality last week.

Bronaugh native Dr. Lyndon Irwin will discuss the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and the great train wreck that preceded it at the quarterly meeting of the Vernon County Historical Society, July 12, at the Bushwhacker Museum.

A Sheldon man suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle-car accident at 9:50 a.m. Tuesday on Route DD, four miles northeast of Sheldon in Vernon County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

A Sheldon man was seriously injured this morning in Vernon County when his motorcycle collided with a car, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

The families of Emily DeBrine and Cory Martin, the two teenagers killed in a wreck on U.S. Highway 54 Nov.

Following an impassioned request from John Flynn, and receiving a supporting letter from Steve Moyer the Nevada Parks Board voted 5-0 Wednesday evening to rename the Nevada-Vernon County Community Center the Franklin P. Norman Community Center when it reopens late this fall.

The Missouri Conservation Commission is scheduled to meet Thursday and Friday in Jefferson City.

During a Nevada/ Vernon County Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon Friday, June 19 at the Nevada Country Club, Wayne Prewitt of the university extension office announced that "right now we are the number 10th county in the state of Missouri for agriculture." Prewitt said that Vernon County agriculture produces more than $129 million annually.

Vernon County Ambulance Director James McKenzie is concerned that calls to the district are not going through properly and worries that calls are getting dropped since the change-over to the new dispatch center.

Storms again lashed western Missouri Tuesday morning and Nevada and Vernon County saw lots of tree limbs down and some additional flooding but no major damage was reported.

Captain Timothy Bullard, on behalf of Chief Robert Benn, presents Rick Smith with a plaque thanking him for his continued service to the fire department and to the community.

Sergeant Steve Bastow is well known around Nevada, he has been a member of the Nevada Police Department since 2001 and an EMT for the Vernon County Ambulance District before that.

Mary Whitney Phelps Tent No. 22 Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865, of Springfield, Mo., has announced that it will publish a book of Civil War historical markers and monuments located in southwest Missouri.

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

In the wake of Tuesday's storms, a large tree limb lay across the road at the Nevada Country Club.

A Nevada resident had a close call early Saturday morning after going back inside a burning home to try to rescue pets inside.

A Milo woman was seriously injured this morning in a Vernon County crash, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

Three people were injured after two motorcycles collided in Vernon County. Harley Funk, 41, of Nevada sustained minor injuries.