Stories from Saturday, November 1, 2014

Nevada Daily Mail The five session Nevada Tiger youth basketball fundamental instruction and live game competition program for boys third through sixth-grades begins Nov. 8. Cost for the camp is $25, which will include a t-shirt. For more information, contact Shaun Gray at 417-684-3165, or sgray@nevada.k12.mo.us...

Submitted photo/ Three Nevada Tiger tennis players were honored during a recent banquet for the team. From left to right: Emma Cheaney, Megan Payne, and Jaden Cherry. Megan Payne proudly displays the trophy she received after being named the team's Most Valuable Player. Cheaney, only a freshman, received the team's Tiger Club award. And Cherry was named the team's most improved player...

Nevada Daily Mail The Osage Prairie YMCA Tridents competed at the Carthage Cat Tracks Invitational Oct. 25 at the Fair Acres Family YMCA. The one-day meet, which had two sessions, featured six YMCA teams, 130 plus swimmers, including eight from Nevada...

Nevada Daily Mail Weather wise, it was a great weekend, but for serious young duck hunters, it wasn't duck hunting weather. With temperatures hovering around 80 degrees and a bright blue sky, most of the hunters in the Middle Zone Youth Weekend Duck Hunt had headed for home before noon without firing a shot...

Nevada Daily Mail BRONAUGH ---- Playing with only four players for the final two minutes of the game, the Sheldon Panthers junior high girls basketball team defeated the Bronaugh Wildcats 23-21, Thursday night in the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference tournament semifinal game...

Before making any comments about Amendment Number 2, which will appear on the ballot next week, I would like to mention that I think we should be very careful anytime an amendment is being proposed that would change our state constitution. The point of a constitution is to be something that is solid and extremely hard to change. It is the standard that guides our legislators on laws they can and cannot pass for citizens to follow...

Hi neighbors. Recently (three days ago) my Internet declared itself unavailable. Really? Does this mean we are breaking up? I can't live without my Internet! OK, I could survive without it; but I don't think I want to. As with all catastrophes that involve computers, I called my son. Like he always does, he asked what the computer had to say about it...

Too much talk about Ebola Think I'll drink another cola Hope I'll get to vote for Rand 'Til then keep my head in the sand. All the news that's printed to fit Always makes me squirm a bit What ever happened to good ol' "Grit"? Get involved? No, I'll just sit...

Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m., Sunday, so don't forget to set clocks back one hour before going to bed Saturday night.

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Police concluded an investigation into a domestic violence case with the warrant arrest of a 58-year-old Vernon County resident. Nevada Police were dispatched to an emergency call of an assault in progress in the 2500 block of East Johnson Drive Oct. 29...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council will be considering the first reading of an agreement with M-NOD Taxi and Shuttle Inc. to operate the city's subsidized public transportation services for 2015, when it meets at 7 p.m., Tuesday, in the council chambers in the Public Safety Building, 120 South Ash St...

Despite the chilly, windy weather hundreds of area children walked around the downtown area Friday during the annual Safe Treats Parade.

Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series on the election forum hosted by the Nevada Vernon County Chamber of Commerce. The first story focused on the national and state representative races and appeared in Friday's Daily Mail. By Floyd Jernigan...