Stories from Wednesday, January 24, 2007

What's with the weather? That's what this 8-foot snowman on the 900 block of North Oak seems to be saying in the photo above. A week after the area was hit with a massive ice storm another storm deposited 4 to 6 inches of snow on top of the unmelted ice and sleet. ...

Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Good news for a local biodiesel facility could be in the works in the Missouri legislature. Prairie Pride, Inc., a soybean processing and biodiesel facility in the works in the Eve area could reap benefits if the move is successful...

Nevada Daily Mail Tim Kelley, executive director of the Farm Service Agency, has announced that he'd like to remind area residents that, as of Jan. 10, five counties in Missouri, including Vernon County, have FSA disaster loans available due to drought conditions that began in January 2006. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Two days after a building used for storage collapsed at 121B E. Cherry, Niles hair salon, in an adjacent building, remains without power, but Ron Clow, city of Nevada building inspector, said he expects crews will clear away enough debris to allow workers to access the electrical service area affected and resolve that issue today...

Nevada Daily Mail On Monday, the Vernon County Ambulance District board of directors voted to put a 1/2-cent sales tax issue before the voters in April. The Vernon County Commission has also agreed to place a sales tax to fund a new jail on the ballot...

It would be a win-win situation for Missouri to discontinue taxing the retirement income of our seniors. For many it may not seem possible, but what is happening is that many are not choosing Missouri for retirement. The reason is that there are a large number of states that are not taxing the retirement incomes and they are drawing people to retire in those states...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- It'll be Tigers vs. Tigers in one semifinal of the Nevada Lady Tiger Classic Friday, as Nevada and Lamar both advanced with opening round wins Tuesday. Nevada used a solid defensive effort and a big third quarter to hold off an improved Joplin team 50-44...

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- It was a far cry from the 94-45 drubbing handed down by the sixth-ranked North Central Missouri Lady Pirates earlier this month, but the Cottey Comets still couldn't keep tabs on the Trenton school, as they fell 65-54 Tuesday, at the Hinkhouse Center...