Stories from Thursday, November 11, 2004

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail Nevada R-5 school superintendent Dr. Ted Davis told the board of education that the state has asked the courts to put a lawsuit relating to the school funding formula on hold for the duration of the upcoming legislative session, to give lawmakers a chance to fix the problems with the way the state allocates money to school districts...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail The University of Missouri Extension Office is preparing for elections for the 2005-'06 term for Extension Council. Eight positions need to be filled, four in the northern district and four from the southern district...

By Steve Brisendine Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- They died at muddy checkpoints along the Iron Curtain, in reconnaissance planes shot down off the coast of China, on islands in the Caribbean. For them, the Cold War was no bloodless ideological standoff between superpowers...

By Kelly Wiese Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The director of the state Transportation Department provided a preview Wednesday of how officials plan to spend new money voters have set aside for roads, with an immediate focus on repaving heavily traveled routes...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail In 1864, Confederate General Sterling Price had high hopes of capturing Missouri for the south, having led Missouri pro-Confederate troops in victories in Wilson's Creek in August 1861 and Lexington in September 1861. ...

Austin Payton Wilkerson Chris and Sharla Wilkerson, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Austin Payton. Austin was born at 9:13 p.m., on Nov. 6, 2004, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces. He joins a brother, Anthony Wilkerson. ...

A house by the side of the road A poem by Edgar Guest has been in my mind this week. It begins with the phrase, "Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man." I think later in the poem the phrase ends with "and give a helping hand."...

Home ownership is not for wimps

100 years ago: State hospital to evaluate bids for beef The board of managers of Hospital No. 3, Nevada, Mo., will at their next regular meeting, Dec. 3, 1904, receive bids for a six-month supply of beef, both on foot and dressed and cut up for use at the institution. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The All-Southwest Conference teams were announced this week, and two Nevada Tigers were on the first team. Seniors Ben Wilson and Tyler Shouse were the players selected by the conference coaches to be on the first team, Wilson making it on both offense and defense and Shouse qualifying on the defensive side...