Stories from Tuesday, August 23, 2011

LAMAR -- Six years ago, Lamar City Administrator Lynn Calton watched methane gas being flared at Prairie View Landfill and thought, "That looks like dollar bills going up in the sky." After "a long, laborious process" of obtaining a $600,000 federal grant and issuing $5.4 million in municipal bonds, the city in June 2010 cranked up two methane-powered "Caterpillar generators as big as rooms" and started shooting two million kilowatt hours per month of electricity into the city's transmission lines, Calton said.. ...

Michael Geeding, left, and Elizabeth Prewitt play the xylophone during the Nevada High School band's Monday practice session. The band will open their season with a performance during half-time of Nevada's football game with the Warrensburg Tigers Friday night...

Saying this is "a chance to voice your questions and your concerns" Heather Mitchem, an investigative coordinator for the Metz Post Office and post master for the Jasper, Mo., post office welcomed about 50 patrons of the Metz post office to an informational meeting held in the Metz Methodist Church on Monday evening...

Mary Fern Allmer, 89, Nevada, passed away Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, at Christian Health Care in Nevada. She was born July 12, 1922, in Kansas City, Mo., to Joseph George McNamara Sr. and Gertrude Dodd McNamara. Mary was raised in Kansas City, Mo., graduating from St. ...

Jacob and Geneva Blurton of Milo, Mo., and older sister Eleanor Rose, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Harper Grace Blurton. Harper was born at 11:06 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 19 and 3/4 inches...

Jason Peake Daily Mail Sports Editor It seems the Nevada High School volleyball team has made quite a first impression with its new coach. Simply put, Ashley Thoreson likes what she sees. The first year coach of the Tigers has been impressed with not only the talent she's inherited, but also with the work ethic her new players have shown...

Nevada Daily Mail CLINTON -- The season-opener couldn't have gone much better for the Nevada High School softball team. The Tigers began the 2011 season with a dominating 11-0 win over Clinton on Monday afternoon. The game ended after the fifth inning due to the run-rule...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School football team will be moving to the south sideline at Logan Field for all home games this season, NHS Athletic Director Kevin McKinley has announced. McKinley said the change will benefit the players and the coaching staff in a number of ways. There is 36 feet of sideline space on the south side, as opposed to 12 feet on the north side. An increase in room allows for:...