Stories from Thursday, February 28, 2013

Alice Mae Palmer, 82, resident of Nevada, Mo., died Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at the Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. She was born July 11, 1930, in Richards, Mo., the daughter of Cecil Aaron Burchett and Julia Angeline Lowry Burchett. She graduated from Richards High School. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Trees are often a casualty of winter storms, like the one that hit the region this week, but damage to Nevada trees appears to be minimal, according local officials. "We had some take down some wires," said Nevada Police Chief Graham Burnley, adding that the downed limbs didn't cause too many problems for officers because the mostly small limbs fell on private property...

Special to the Daily Mail Work continues on the history book of Nevada State Hospital No. 3, set to be published later this year. The group working on the project is still looking for submissions -- photos and stories depicting the hospital's roots...

The Nevada Parks and Recreation Department will hold its second annual Children's Expo from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Franklin P. Norman City/ County Community Center. The Children's Expo gives parents a chance to learn what activities are available for their children during the year...