Stories from Friday, March 26, 2004

100 Years Ago -- March 26, 1904 FROM RICH HILL -- Chief of Police Barnkston arrested three suspicious looking fellows yesterday who answer the description of three men who robbed the bank at Fulton, Kansas, and for whose capture $1,500 is offered. They came in on the Rich Hill and Fort Scott train Thursday night and went to Ovid, a station on the Missouri Pacific, two miles north. There they ran the men at the coal chutes away and took possession of the office for the night...

By Ralph Pokorny This Saturday there will be several hundred athletes in town running, jumping and throwing in the sixth annual Nevada Invitational Track Meet at Testman Field. And for the first time in the meets' history the forecast is for 70-degree temperatures with a chance of rain...

By Ralph Pokorny Luke Stahl, who pitches for the Nevada Tigers baseball team, recently signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Allen County Community College in Iola, Kan. From left: Tyson Beshore, NHS baseball coach, Jim Novak, Luke Stahl and Jane Novak...

By Steve Moyer The Vernon County Soil and Water Conservation District is holding its 42nd annual dinner Friday, April 2, at 7 p.m. After the dinner several awards will be presented. The Conservation Farmer Award and the Grassland Farmer Award will be presented by Wayne Harth and Jeff Greer. Mark Curtis and Cecil Caldwell will hand out the Conservation Poster Awards...

It's almost time again for voters to choose the leaders of municipal government and local school boards. Here's a list of the candidates, and the offices for which they are running. In Nevada, voters will elect one of two candidates to the sole open seat on the city council. ...

By Nick Wright Herb Simon, a phlebotomist with the Community Blood Center, checks on Pat Willis' progress during a blood drive at the Moore-Few Care Center's Community Room Thursday.