Stories from Friday, March 11, 2005

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The cost of installing new sewer and water services to a house may soon be a little less. Tuesday evening the Nevada Plumbing Board voted to recommend that the city council change the code to permit licensed excavators to not only run water and sewer lines up to the outside of a house, like they currently can, but also to hook those services to pipes extending outside of the house...

Editor's note: Second year Cottey College students are in Madrid, Spain, on the school's annual cultural experience in another country. Cottey public information director Steve Reed is sharing his experience through letters back home. This is the second in the series, which will continue throughout the trip...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada's city manager, Craig Hubler, is happy. Hard work, determination and tenacity are paying off for the city and its citizens. The economic outlook seems to indicate the next few years will see Nevada's economy expand and in 20 years it is expected that the population will grow by 50 percent...

Nevada police fire and rescue were called to the scene of a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Adams and Maple at 4 p.m., Thursday. According to the Nevada Police Department, a red 1996 Mercury four-door, driven by James D. Lawrence, was traveling south on Adams and failed to stop at the stop sign. ...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail Two Nevada brothers, John and Jim Manes have been playing instruments since they were in middle school. Their parents, Jim and Dorothy Manes of Clinton, have had a band, Country Wranglers, as long as the boys remember...

Gladys Banks, 94, Nevada, died Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Funeral services and family information will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home.

Marion L. Hill, 85, Rich Hill, died March 9, 2005, at Cameron Regional Medical Center in Cameron, Mo. She is survived by one son, J.L. Hill, Friendswood, Texas; and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 17, at 2 p.m., at the Rich Hill First Baptist Church with burial in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Rich Hill. The family will receive friends Thursday from 1 p.m. until service time at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill...

The Missouri workers' compensation program, approved by voters in a 1926 referendum, provides a method of resolving on-the-job injury claims administratively rather than in court. It also was intended to even out a negligence liability system previously weighted on the employer's side...

On Thursday, Feb. 24, a tragedy occurred in Tyler, Texas. At about 1:25 p.m., a lone man, David Hernandez Arroyo Sr., armed with a semi-automatic rifle approached the courthouse in the historic town square and opened fire on his ex-wife and 24-year-old son as they were leaving the building. When the shooting stopped two people, besides the gunman, were dead and several were wounded including several police officers...

As you probably have noticed, Speak Out comments tend to come in waves. An example: It starts with the big breakers from restaurant employees who rely on tips. Then there's the high surf regarding bad service at restaurants. Next comes the tsunami of indignation from servers who have to put up with customers so gross it's a wonder they go out in public at all...

100 years ago: The circuit court adjourns until April Judge Shafer adjourned the term of the Vernon County Circuit Court until April 8, on which day a number of land sales will be made. Before adjourning court the following entries were made on the court docket:...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Bronaugh Wildcats will be in a familiar position Saturday when they take on the St. Elizabeth Hornets -- looking up at their opponents. The 10th-ranked Wildcats (22-6) face the seventh-ranked Hornets (21-8) with a trip to the the final four on the line at the campus of Southwest Baptist University, in Bolivar...

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The day games belonged to the favorites -- but it was a night for upsets in the first round of the Big 12 tournament. First, 10th-seeded Kansas State beat seventh-seeded Texas A&M 68-62. Then, Colorado became the first No. 11 seed to win in the tournament's nine-year history with an 81-69 upset of sixth-seeded Texas...

Associated Press Brett Favre is returning to work. Plaxico Burress is still looking for a job. Green Bay coach Mike Sherman said Thursday that Favre will be back for his 15th NFL season, his 14th as the Packers' starter. The three-time league MVP will turn 36 in October. He has a league-record 205 consecutive starts at quarterback, 225 including playoffs...