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Pies, fudge, cookies, baklava – the list goes on of things we use pecans in, especially during holiday baking. What many people probably don’t know is that Vernon and Bates counties are the highest producing areas for pecans in the state of Missouri...

Connection is part of commitment, even if (especially if?) it means wearing a green elf suit. Nevada R-5 School District’s two school resource officers, Cpl. Ashley Fast and Cpl. Michael White, donned additional uniforms on Tuesday, Dec. 17, as part of the holiday festivities at Truman Elementary...

ok a step towards revitalizing the city-owned property on the corner of Cherry and Cedar streets. The council approved awarding bids to demolish the city-owned building at 109 E. Cherry St. and stabilize the adjoining building to make way for the City Square Development project...

Nevada High School Senior Lane Lyon recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout, and it’s been long in coming. “I’ve a been a part of Scouting since sixth grade, and Cub Scouting since I was in first or second grade,” he said. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

While most find amusement rides a fleeting and exhilarating experience, a man with Nevada ties has made them his passion and career – and has been recognized for his work. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail

The Osage Prairie YMCA is stepping up to fill a void in what some are calling a "child care desert." For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail

The Nevada R-V school district is showing steady improvement in student achievement according to the Annual Performance Report (APR) presented during the board meeting on Dec. 11. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

The Milo Fire Department is getting some much needed new equipment. Brandon Leer is a professional truck driver by vocation, but his passion is serving as the captain of the Milo Fire Department as well as vice-president of the department’s board of directors of which he has been a part of for over 20 years...

Monday morning, Dec. 9, Nevada Regional Technical Center Culinary Arts Instructor Chef Emily Daniel prepped her students to get the cookie dough ready for their soon-to-arrive preschool guests: rolling pin, cookie sheet, cookie cutters, and ingredients for each station...

Hanging on the wall behind the desk in his new office, Nevada City Manager Gary Edwards has a quote from Winston Churchill which reads: “Never, never, never give up.” For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail

Once again, the Nevada High School Fine Arts Department has plans to treat the community to a Christmas holiday extravaganza even more so than last year. Michael Fox is the NHS band director, but his duties have morphed into other areas, such as assisting Vocal Music Director Wes Morton with the show choir as well as running the sound board and tech classes for the Performing Arts Center...

In a gritty basketball game that didn't have a lot of flow at times, the Nevada Lady Tigers got their first win of the season outscoring the McDonald County Lady Mustangs 32-25 Monday night in the opening game of the Carl Junction Lady Bulldog Classic...

Christmas festivities in Nevada ramp up Friday with several happenings. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail

An early deficit for Nevada proved troublesome to overcome with the Lebanon Lady Yellowjackets holding on for a 56-48 win over the Lady Tigers Tuesday night at Lebanon. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail

For those interested in genealogical research, the Vernon County Historical Society now has a three-volume set of the Vernon County Cemetery Directory for use, or the work can be purchased from the Bushwhacker Museum. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

On Tuesday, Nov. 26, the Nevada City Council held its first work session to discuss 12 proposed plumbing ordinances For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail

COTTEY COLLEGE –The weather was surprisingly warm for a late November outdoor meet, but that did not phase Comet Madalenn Fee as she took the starting line for the NAIA Cross Country National Championships. Fee would have the best race of her career, clockin in at 22:02.3 and taking 46th place. That time was good enough to once again break her own 6k cross country school record, as well as mark the highest ever individual finish in program history...

It was beginning to look at least a little like Christmas at the Nevada Community Center on Wednesday evening, Nov. 20, when local artist and professional art instructor and owner of I Heart Art Studio, Jeanette Hawkins, brought her wares for about 14 children to paint snowmen. As kids were arriving, since the tables were already set with stretched out canvases and brushes, one could find Hawkins already at work doing some fancy, wintery facepainting...

(November 24 ) Thanks to a big second half Saturday, the Cottey Comet basketball team is off to a 2-0 start in American Midwest Conference play. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail

All that’s in the house is enough PB&J for the one sandwich you just made. That should be enough to hold you until a hot breakfast at the high school commons tomorrow morning, unless of course you have a little fourth grade brother or sister in the house. Then you pass the sandwich on to your sibling and go start your homework to take your mind off the growling in your stomach...

Jeff Coonrod of Coonrod Construction in Nevada has a hefty job ahead of him. As if the formidable excavators – one with a 60-foot reach – parked in the already cleared out area that once held the First Christian Church sanctuary weren’t enough. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

It started just a few months before the COVID pandemic – January 2020 to be more precise – with the culminating vision of founder, Tamara Weber, when she and her team opened Pete’s Garden, a food recovery program to lessen food waste while at the same time helping mitigate food insecurity in the Kansas City area...

It’s been missing for a few years, but returns with a star-studded cast to the Nevada High School Performing Arts Center Friday, Nov. 22: The Catwalk for Cure. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail

Several members of the First Christian Church of Nevada were busy making last minute preparations on Saturday morning, Nov. 16, before opening the doors to the public for the first church service in their new building Sunday, Nov. 17 – three months after fire destroyed their church...