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Before the internet, trying to find information on one’s family tree could mean thumbing through old family Bibles and keepsakes, or the time and expense of traveling to various courthouses states away to look up birth and death records. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

Allison Fast, member of Nevada’s American Association of University Women (AAUW), is looking forward to April 12, the day of the annual Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) Day hosted by Cottey College in association with 4-H/Missouri University Extension office, and this year adding the influence and assistance of the local AAUW...

Dave Garrett and Brian Wallace never grew up enough to put toys away, and on Sunday, March 9, they shared their love of toys – specifically farm toys – with area residents, at the fourth annual Southwest Missouri Farm Toy Show hosted at the Nevada Eagles...

The Nevada City Council on Tuesday, March 18,tabled action on a proposed bill to change the city’s code regarding shooting a bow and arrow in city limits until after more discussion can take place during a work session. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

House Happenings: Sheriff Chad Anderson was an honored guest at the Missouri State Capitol this week. I always enjoy having constituents from District 125 visit the Capitol. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

The second monthly Coffee and Conversation forum was held Saturday, March 15, in the Nevada Library Annex. Vernon County Northern Commissioner Cindy Thompson, who is starting her third term, discussed the county’s distribution of American Rescue Plan Act funds and fielded questions on other topics...

The Nevada Neptunes traveled to Monett the last weekend of February to compete in the Heartland Area West Regional Championship meet and came home champions in the small team division. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

Those intrepid explorers, Lewis and Clark, who adventured through the North American interior via the Missouri River, have perhaps never been immortalized as by the Truman Elementary fourth grade in their presentation of “The Adventures of Lewis and Clark” Thursday evening at the Ella Maxwell Performing Arts Center...

Almost on the eve of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new day care center at the YMCA, the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce learned more about plans for the Osage Prairie YMCA in Nevada. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

Nevada High School graduate Halie Ast recently celebrated her 23rd birthday and, thanks to an anonymous bone marrow donor, plans to celebrate many more. What started last autumn with bruising and petechiae (multiple tiny bruising spots), eventually landed Ast in a hospital bed at Kansas University Medical Center with the diagnosis of a rare blood disease: aplastic anemia, a potentially fatal disorder of the bone marrow...

Downtown revitalization progressed this weekend with the demolition of the city-owned building next to the old Bluebird Café on the corner of East Cherry and North Cedar by Show-Me Demolition from Springfield. The area was blocked off and by Monday morning, March 10, the building demo was completed...

A public joint work session between the Vernon County Commissioners and the Nevada City Council convened Thursday evening, March 6, to discuss potential movement on several items For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

On Monday evening, March 3, the Nevada Middle School hosted the annual Parent/Community National History Day night to showcase the eighth grade accelerated social studies students’ work in preparation for the upcoming competition. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

In case you thought the once common childhood illness known as measles was eradicated, think again. “As of Friday, Feb. 28, there was a total of 146 confirmed cases associated with the Texas outbreak, and it has migrated into News Mexico as well. Out of those 146, there’s been 20 hospitalized patients, and there’s been one death who was an unvaccinated school age child," Vernon County Health Department Nurse Melissa Keating, RN, said. "Measles is a highly contagious disease.”...

In true what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up fashion, the Nevada Regional Technical Center is hosting eighth grade students from all sending schools to visit the facility and spur their imagination of what they could do in the near future. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

The parking lot was overflowing and the Elks Banquet Hall was packed Friday evening, Feb. 28, for the annual running of the rodents to raise money for the Nevada Children’s Center of Southwest Missouri. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

The Nevada Parks and Recreation Board met Tuesday, Feb. 25, to update several points of the department’s bylaws and to organize three subcommittees to include additional input from the community. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

The City Convalescent Home (Moore-Few Care Center) Board of Directors on Wednesday, Feb. 26, received updates on the reopening of the south wing, the sale of the Barrone building and Rink House, and its financials. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail...

Citizen Marvin Knoche came to the Nevada Regional Medical Center Board of Directors meeting Tuesday, Feb. 25, with questions. How much has NRMC paid to Stroudwater Associates, which since February 2024 has been contracted to provide a chief restructuring officer (CRO) to help turn the hospital’s financial crisis around...

Four people were killed in a two-vehicle accident Friday evening on U.S. Highway 54 two miles south of Walker. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail

Despite multiple interruptions due to the February’s wintery tirades, the Nevada Regional Technical Center once again participated in the SkillsUSA competition, bringing home impressive results from various contests. This year’s theme was “Ignite Your Potential.”...

The first Community Forum held Saturday at the Nevada Public Library Annex and was attended by approximately 25 people. Joe Wilson, Vernon County Presiding Commissioner, presented several recent projects by the commission and also addressed concerns voiced by attendees during the Q&A session of the forum...

The Nevada Main Street Alliance had their first Coffee Connection public networking Friday, Feb. 14, at Precision Coffee. With an estimated 25-30 in attendance during the two-hour come-and-go session, several people voiced enthusiasm, shared concerns, or just came to find out what’s happening with the newly re-organized association...

During the Feb. 12 Nevada R-5 School District Board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Tyson Beshore provided updates district buildings and pending state legislation. • The district is still in need of several bus drivers, all district facilities are doing well, and school, which had been called off due to weather conditions, was also going to be out on Thursday, Feb. 13, due to the roads “icing back over."...

The changing of the guard at the Nevada Post Office is still happening, according to Jeremy Hull, the newly installed postmaster of the Nevada Branch, USPS. For complete story, see the print or online edition of the Nevada Daily Mail