Stories from Friday, January 5, 2007

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Music fans in Nevada were treated to an eclectic mix of music styles and energy levels Thursday evening, Nevada's own Dangerous Doug Harper put together the "Made by Machines, All For Love Concert" with himself, Marci Mitchell, Christopher Jordan and Berlin Drop performing at the Days Inn...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail When Nevada citizens approved renewing the city's 1/2-cent transportation sales tax in 2006, they also raised the amount of money to be spent annually on new street construction from the $400,000 to $500,000. The increase was needed to offset the increase in the cost of the materials and labor that goes into the construction...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail There was only one item on the agenda for the open section of the work session of the Nevada R-5 Board of Education Wednesday evening -- review of capital improvement projects. That one item encompassed several issues, however...

Nevada Daily Mail The good news: natural gas prices are staying steady, and the winter increase in prices is much lower than last year's increase. Local consumers are not seeing spikes in natural gas common in winter. Experts are attributing this to lower demand due to the unusually mild temperatures that have prevailed so far in Vernon County and throughout Missouri...

Nevada Daily Mail With the filing deadline just around the corner -- Tuesday, Jan. 9, at 5 p.m. -- Joe Kraft has filed as a candidate for the unexpired term left vacant by councilmember Dick Meyers' resignation. That term will expire in April 2008, according to city clerk Julie Lewis. ...

George Robert Dalton, 87, of Pittsburg, Kan., died on Monday, Dec. 25, 2006, at the Sunset Manor Nursing Center in Frontenac. He was born on Nov. 20, 1919, at Nevada, Mo., to George William and Madeline Lillian (Krebs) Dalton. He was a graduate of Nevada High School. ...

Our family recently lost our oldest cousin. Martha Landis had turned 70 not long ago. To have reached that age was by itself somewhat of a miracle. Martha contracted polio at the young age of four. For the remainder of her life, she had to wear braces, use crutches, often ride in a wheel chair, and suffer much pain...

100 years ago Carthage physician dies; Sanderson is rearrested CARTHAGE, Mo. -- Dr. S.D. Meredith died early today of the gun-shot wound inflicted at the house of Arthur Sanderson last Wednesday. Sanderson, who had been released, was immediately rearrested on a warrant charging murder in the first degree. When told that Dr. Meredith was dead, Sanderson said:...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- Bryan Campbell took over late in the third period as he scored 15 of his team-high 19 points in the second half to lead the Nevada Tigers over the Pleasant Hill Roosters Thursday, 56-53. The Roosters had just completed a 14-3 run to start the second half (taking a 32-27 lead) when Nevada head coach John McNeley called a timeout...