Stories from Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Cooperative effort crossing state line leads law enforcement official to solve multiple crimes, sheriffs say. By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Several burglaries in area counties were cleared Friday, Nov. 19, with the arrest of two Bourbon County residents, Quentin Joe Ivey, 20, Mapleton, Kan., and Dustin Ann Ivey, 24, who listed her address as the Ranch House Motel, Fort Scott...

Special to the Daily Mail Young ladies participating in the 2004 Miss Merry Christmas pageant will meet Miss Missouri 2004, Whitney Weeks, who will be the official master of ceremonies for this year's event. Weeks is a 24-year old resident of Chesterfield, Mo., where she attended Marquette High School. ...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail Thanksgiving is a holiday where enjoying the company of friends and family is at the top of many people's list of things to be thankful for. However, if your Thanksgiving meal isn't prepared in a safe manner, you may be spending more time visiting the bathroom than visiting with Grandma...

Moore-Few Care Center's residents competed in the facility's first annual checker tournament on Saturday, Nov. 20. Twelve residents competed. Each resident playing had to win two out of three games to advance to the next round. At the end, Robert Leer was awarded the title of Moore-Few Care Center's Checker Champ. The champion received a plaque and dinner at his choice of restaurants in Nevada...

n Turkey farmers explain from where that traditional Thanksgiving entree comes. By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail When Vernon County families gather around the Thanksgiving table this Thursday, the thought would probably never cross their minds that the main entree they will enjoy could have been their neighbor...

Farmers must vote more carefully by George Naylor Now that the election of 2004 is history, voters must face some important questions. Will our political system take time, amid political fund raising and heated rhetoric on cultural issues, to focus on the plight of family farms and rural communities?...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey Comets handed Baptist Bible College their first defeat of the season, and got a little revenge in the process. In a basketball game that would never be confused with a thing of beauty, the Comets (3-5) beat BBC (5-1) 62-56 in overtime Friday, at the Hinkhouse Center...

100 years ago: Train crowded today; Thanksgiving rates given Thanksgiving has brought a rush to traffic and every train was crowded today with passengers going home to spend Thanksgiving day. The railway Companies gave excursion rates good until Monday and many took advantage of the reduced fare. All trains were late on account of the rush, the afternoon Katy being one hour and 50 minutes late, the Missouri Pacific 20 minutes late...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Although the Harrisonville eighth grade girls A team led the game most of the night it came right down to the final buzzer before the Tigers lost their final basketball home game of the season 33-35. "We got off to a slow start, but we came back to dominate them in the second half," Chris Garzone, eighth grade girls basketball coach, said...

By Doug Tucker Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A beaten Trent Green walked across the Arrowhead Stadium turf to shake Tom Brady's hand. ''You guys have a great team,'' the Kansas City quarterback told his New England counterpart. ''I don't know how else to say it.''...

Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- The University of Southern California is probing allegations that the Wal-Mart heiress who is the namesake of the new sports arena at the University of Missouri cheated her way through that California school, according to a local television station...

You think traffic's bad now? Wait a few years and this entire nation will be in the grips of the same crisis now faced by the good citizens of Paintsville, Ky. A recent CNN.com headline -- and this is an actual headline -- said it all: "Town overrun with old people on scooters."...