Stories from Thursday, September 28, 2006

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Why are gas prices higher in Nevada than in surrounding communities? Several people have called in to question the 10- to 15- cent-a-gallon difference between Nevada prices and those in Carthage and Joplin. "I've been around quite a bit of Missouri this week and I saw the gas prices were under two dollars a gallon just about everywhere I went and when I got back into Nevada the price was still over that," Rob Sewell said. "I'd just like to know why that is."...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail A 1995 Nevada High School graduate, Eric Cameron, came back to talk to Kevin McKinley's social studies class Friday. Cameron was an athlete that McKinley was obviously proud to have coached. "He went to Parkland Community College in Illinois and then to Central Arkansas University," McKinley said. "He was one of my basketball players and a standout baseball player."...

Youth pastors in the Nevada area were excited Wednesday morning when local youth led prayer for the annual "See you at the pole" event. This year's theme asked students to: Be still and reflect on God. That is exactly what they did. (Below, left) Students at St. ...

By Colette Lefebvre-Davis Nevada Daily Mail The Ambassador Company, a subsidiary publishing company of Goodwill Publishing, has been distributing morality books for more than 40 years. These books are offered as free resources for local school districts that have local sponsors...

Sterling Eugene (Gene) Thomas, 67, Milo, Mo., passed away at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo., on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006, following a short illness. He was born Sept. 17, 1939, in Nevada, Mo., to Sterling Lemon Thomas and Cleora Mae Belcher Thomas. He married Sandra M. Havens on April 26, 1959, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

Schelly Trego Steelman, 37, Washington, D.C., died suddenly on Friday, Sept. 22, 2006, at her home. Schelly was born on Oct. 21, 1968, in Fort Polk, La. She was reared in Nevada, Mo., by her great-grandmother, Lola Trego, and Carol and Tony Urner. She married Joseph Steelman in 1990...

People are good things to have around you. It's hard to realize what life might be like if we couldn't live in a community of people. Now I don't mean like a commune or something, but just neighbors and friends, co-workers and church members, people who belong to the same organizations and those you meet professionally, all of these people make life interesting, worthwhile and fun. But some of my favorite people these days are those who read my stuff...

100 years ago Give a verdict The Cedar County slander case of Joseph Grimes vs. Ben Thorp came to an end last night when a jury gave the plaintiff a judgment of $480, says the Daily Democrat of Sept. 27. Thorp is a wealthy land owner of Caplinger Mills; owning 880 acres. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- Sandwiched in between arguably their two toughest games on the schedule, the Nevada Tigers are currently preparing with a big buzz following the team. The buzz has nothing to do with the 69-25 loss to the now third-ranked Carthage Tigers last week, or the matchup with first-ranked Webb City this Friday. Instead, it has to do with a drop kick...

Neosho Last week you could imagine the pain and anguish shown on Trent Barratt's face as he watched his alma mater officially throw the ball once last Friday night. Barratt, now the color guy for KQYS-AM 1420, was one of the most prolific passers to ever play at Neosho and holds the MSHSAA record for passing yards in a game with 527...