Stories from Wednesday, June 6, 2007

The Southwest Conference appears to be on its last legs. Carthage and Webb City have both been officially invited to join the Central Ozark Conference Nevada superintendent Craig Noah said Wednesday. Noah said the two Southwest Conference schools were officially invited Monday, and that there was an immediate counter-proposal made by Carthage and Webb City to include Neosho in the move...

By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail As much as it may sound to many like a broken record, a child safety seat may have saved the lives of those involved in a recent automobile accident. At approximately 10 a.m., Tuesday morning, June 5, a one-vehicle accident occurred about nine miles east of U.S. ...

Kurt Moore/Special to the Daily Mail Flooded areas like this one near Lamar on Saturday morning are testimony to the quirks of Mother Nature. Heavy rainfall has been persistent in the area, making access to low-lying areas a challenge. Public safety officials warn the public against driving through any water covering the roadway...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council voted Tuesday night to allow most city employees to live anywhere they wish as long as they can make it to work on time. Currently the city code requires that the city manager, city clerk and all department heads must live inside the Nevada city limits. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Summer school has started at the various grade levels in the Nevada R-5 School District. The summer school program started on Monday, June 4, and will end Thursday, June 28. Sessions will be held from 7:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Monday through Thursday. There are no classes on Fridays...

Nevada Daily Mail Carolyn Gray Thornton, Nevada, freelance writer and a columnist for the Nevada Daily Mail, has added another award to her long list of kudos from a variety of organizations in the writing community. In April, Thornton was awarded honorable mention recognition in the Missouri Writer's Guild category of Best Humorous Article, for "A Season is Opening."...

DeNita Marie Hutchens, 46, Schell City, Mo., passed away on Monday, June 4, 2007, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo., following a lengthy illness. She was born on July 5, 1960, in Nevada, Mo., to Dixie Lee Dickason Hendricks. She married Tracy G. Hutchens on Dec. 12, 1999, in Las Vegas, Nev., and he survives of the home...

It may come as a surprise to you that the motels are being filled in town, especially on many weekends. The tourism industry is more important than most people locally realize. It brings a sizeable amount of income into the community; a good source of income, for Missouri it is a $13 billion industry in Missouri...

100 years ago Rear end collision on white river line A fearful wreck occurred near Melvia, 86 miles south of Carthage on the White River line yesterday afternoon in which three men are reported killed. Local freight train 294 ran into Red Ball freight train 254, Engineer Rhoades, Fireman Marsden and Brakeman Groves, all of the local, were reported killed. The Nevada wrecking crew was called to the scene of the wreck and left at five o'clock yesterday afternoon in charge of Conductor Fly...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada Griffons sent 13 men to the plate and scored nine runs in the first inning to blow the game open early as they cruised to an 18-9 victory over the Ozark Generals Tuesday. Nevada pounded out 17 hits and four home runs as they kept the Generals at arm's length throughout...