Stories from Friday, July 24, 2015

The Nevada Neptunes swim team came away with a dual swim meet victory against the Pittsburg Barracudas, July 15 at Walton Aquatic Center. The three-hour event featured 57 Nevada swimmers and 19 from Pittsburg. The Neptunes tallied 469 points while the Barracudas finished with 169...

In recent years, I have written most of my stories about past local history. This week, I am addressing three local community issues, through the lens of "Pros and Cons." The first political concept I want to discuss is that of Vernon County's township system of government. In a recent letter to the editor, former State Representative Barney Fisher, detailed his standing on that issue...

When I was 11 years old my sister Ellen taught me to drive. She wasn't at the legal age to drive but had been driving quite a while, even in Nevada. At that time the cars had clutches, which you had to learn to use in connection with the accelerator to keep from lurching down the road. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County is one of the last 22 counties in Missouri that uses the township method of government, but for about a month, one of those townships has not been able to function properly after the board members, trustee and clerk either moved outside the township or resigned from their position...

Nevada Daily Mail The Council on Families in Crisis, which operates The Moss House, unofficially has been helping to create social change since 1986. It opened a shelter to help victims of sexual and domestic violence have a place to sleep. The Finis M. Moss Charitable Trust purchased, financed and renovated the house at 415 N. Main St. in Nevada, and on July 1, 1990, the Moss House officially opened...

Nevada Daily Mail In their final meeting before the August election, the Western Missouri 911 Dispatch Center's board of directors continued to discuss their efforts to raise awareness in the community concerning the financial needs of the center and the benefits of a half-cent sales tax, as well as expressing their concern that supporters will not vote...

Nevada Daily Mail To quote the Prince of Verona, "For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo." Fortunately, theatergoers have no need to worry -- there aren't any vials of poison or daggers in Disney's "High School Musical Jr.," a retelling of the classic "Romeo and Juliet." Far from the tragedy that it's based off of, the musical tells a story of two young high schoolers trying to break free of the labels and cliques assigned to them. ...