Vernon County News

Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 12:55 p.m. Friday on Highway 60 in Granby, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

A 22-year-old woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 9:40 p.m. Monday on Route B at Sheldon in Vernon County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Kaleb Leonard, 24, Sheldon, will be arraigned in Vernon County Circuit Court Nov.

Vernon County authorities located the body of a missing 20-year-old Nevada man about midday Monday.

The Nevada City Council will be holding a special council meeting today, at 8:30 a.m., to consider the second readings of five ordinance to approve contracts with the city.

Hi neighbors. Recently I read where the Nevada Daily Mail earned an award for excellence.

Costumes and candy fill store aisles, and pumpkins are stacked high at produce stands and in patches all around town.

Luke Christensen, Mackenzie Gallagher, Valerie Rainey and Hesston Whitley, from the Nevada Middle School Action Class, look at a laptop computer that was brought in for recycling Saturday during the annual Nevada-Vernon County Clean-up Day at the City-County Recycling Center.

Newton County authorities will again attempt to contact two women who previously accused the pastor of a rural Granby church of molesting them while they were underage, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Governor Jay Nixon announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 28 Missouri counties as primary natural disaster areas because of rain, strong winds and flooding which caused agricultural production losses.

By Randy Scruggs The Mirror The need for a new jail and funding for the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department were the main topics discussed Thursday at the Pulaski County Commission meeting.

EcoStorm, a team of seven students from the Nevada Middle School eighth grade Action Class will compete in the third annual Lexus Eco Challenge, a national contest that encourages middle and high school students to develop and implement environmental programs that positively impact their communities.

Nevada's Public Safety Building, which houses the Police and Fire departments as well as the City Council chambers, has a problem with water leaking into the basement and making it unusable.

Do you need to clean out a bunch of stuff that has accumulated over the summer? Well, Nevada and Vernon County will be holding their annual county-wide fall clean-up day, from 8 a.m. until noon on Oct.

My name is Brenda Hirschman and my granddaughter is Emily Ann DeBrine. On Nov. 26, 2008, Corey Leon Martin and Emily were killed in a tragic automobile accident on Highway 54 in Vernon County.

Saturday's weather promises to be sunny and cool -- great weather for servin' up chili.

Members of the Lighthouse Children's Theatre group and volunteers Dee Shouse and Joan McPeak work on acting skills Saturday morning under the direction of executive director Lynne Hedrick .

The Nevada City Council will be holding the final reading tonight of an ordinance setting the dates for the 2010 Municipal election and primary election, as well as setting the dates for the filing period for the one seat that will be available.

"We are doing something a bit different with the program for the October quarterly meeting of the Vernon County History Society," said Bushwhacker Museum Coordinator Terry Ramsey.

The Missouri Department of Transportation Southwest District will host a community briefing regarding future Vernon County Safe and Sound bridge projects on Tuesday, Oct.