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Obituary - Keith E. Snider

 Keith E. Snider 66, of Nevada and a native of Appleton City Missouri, passed away Thursday August 15th at Nevada Regional Medical Center. The Funeral Arrangements are under direction of Consalus Funeral Home, Clinton, Mo., With a graveside service is scheduled at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Taberville. Memorials to the Parks Chapel Baptist Church are suggested.

Hellen Cook Update: Pushing For Hellen's Law

The family of Hellen Cook hopes her death will lead to a positive change in Missouri law. They met with lawmakers Sunday in hopes of creating Hellen's Law.

Cook, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, disappeared from her Warsaw, Mo. home in July. After a long search, police discovered her body near a Benton County, Mo. pond on August 11.

Hellen's law would create new procedures for missing persons cases. The reforms the family is advocating for include categorizing missing persons, having standard alert procedures and having standard search procedures.

The family hopes by creating the new guidelines, it will help find missing persons faster.

"Time is crucial when people go missing, " said State Representative John Mayfield. "We are going to see what we can do about passing legislation next session that will help the highway patrol and state and local law enforcement to be able to move sooner in cases like this."
Cook's family held funeral services for the 72-year-old on Saturday.

Nevada Woman Seriously Injuried in Polk County Crash

Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a 1 vehicle accident around 12:30pm this afternoon on Highway 32 around 5 miles East of Bolivar Missouri. The accident occurred when the 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by Karissa L. Strack 28 of Nevada Missouri was traveling Westbound lost control and over corrected and over turned on the left side of the roadway. Strack was taken to Mercy Hospital in Springfield Missouri with serious injuries. The vehicle was totaled and towed from the scene by B & B Wrecker Service.

Weather Update: High Temps Vs. Normal Temps

More graph/stat fun for your Sunday! Here's how observed (and forecast) high temperatures compare to normal highs for a 5 week period from July 21st through August 24th... the last time we exceeded normal was back on July 22nd. Forecast highs (in green) are expected to climb above average for the first time in several weeks by Tuesday, so get ready for a brief return to late summer!

Pettis County Sheriff Press Release: Search Warrant yields marijuana growing operation seizure, owner arrested on drug possession and manufacture.

On August 15th deputies from the Pettis County Sheriff's Office, with assistance of the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Sedalia Police Department, served a search warrant at the residence of Michael Lee Nicholson, 47, in the 18000 block of Hitaffer Loop near Dresden in western Pettis County.

During the search of the property several marijuana plants, a large amount of processed marijuana, and equipment used to grow, cultivate and process marijuana were found.

Nicholson was taken into custody and held on $30,000.00 bond for two felony counts of manufacturing and possession of a controlled substance.

Instructions:

Persons with information on possible marijuana operations are urged to call the Pettis County Crime Stoppers Hotline at 660-827-TIPS (8477) or texting their tip to 660-281-6501

Pittsburg State University bus catches fire on way to summit

A bus carrying members of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority at Pittsburg State University caught fire near Arma. There were no injuries.

PITTSBURG — The Pittsburg State University students on a charter bus to the Kansas City area are safe after the bus caught fire.

University officials told The Joplin Globe the students were headed to the annual Fraternal Leadership Summit in Overland Park when the bus caught fire early Saturday. The bus was heavily damaged, but no injuries were reported.

About 40 members of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority were on the bus and safely exited the bus while emergency responders extinguished the flames.

Another bus was sent to take the students to the summit.

The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire.

Courtesy of The Joplin Globe

HELLEN COOK NEWS UPDATE: Family of Hellen Cook hopes to reform missing person's procedures

SEDALIA, Mo. -- The family of Hellen Cook will be meeting with two State Representatives on Sunday evening in the hopes of bringing about major reforms in missing person cases.

The meeting comes in the wake of Hellen Cook's disappearance. What are believed to be the remains of Cook, who went missing from her vacation home in Benton County, were found on August 11, near a lake where her personal items were discovered weeks before.  

Pending DNA test will positively identify the remains.  The family has confirmed the items found with the remains as those belonging to Cook.  

Cook, 72, suffered from Alzheimer's disease at the time she walked away from her property on July 13, 2013.  Her family thought she might be trying to get back to her former home in Buckner, which is east of Kansas City.

In a press release, the family identified the desire to look into a number of procedures including categorizing missing persons, standard alert procedures, compiling a list of databases, standard and recommended search procedures, a list of search resources, a list of media outlets where information may be released, and guides for families.

In the release, Cook's family stated, "We sincerely hope that these reforms are adopted in order to prevent futures tragedies."
 
The meeting will take place at 6:00 p.m. at Perkins in Sedalia.