Stories from Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Poor (but rather rich) Heather Mills. Just because some of her demands for ending her three-year marriage to Paul McCartney seem a little excessive -- $1 million a year for vacations, $250,000 for clothes, $80,000 for wine -- she's being cast as some kind of gold digger...

Ertis E. Brown, age 99, formerly of Vernon County, died Saturday, April 12, 2008, at the Appleton City Manor, in Appleton City, Mo. She was born on Dec. 14, 1908, in Vernon County to Guy and Sallie Ann Thompson Kiger. On Aug. 3, 1925, she was married in Stockton, Mo., to Everett Vandenburg and he preceded her in death in 1953, to this union four children were born. She later married Eddie Brown in 1957 and he preceded her in death in 1954...

By Chris Patch Nevada Daily Mail Nevada tennis played some of its better tennis at home Monday, against Mount Vernon but the result was all too familiar. The Tigers lost 2-7. Nevada (1-5) was swept 3-0 in doubles but avoided a shutout with singles wins by Dominic Habjan and Ethan Holmes. The Tigers mostly avoided getting blown out of matches, leaving head coach Katie Doherty pleased with the effort despite what the scorecard would suggest...

Men's results 110 meter hurdles 20. Dan Lovinger, 24.78 seconds 100 meter dash Brandon Munsterman, 12.66 seconds Aaron Dade, 12.78 seconds 1600 meter run 20. Trevor Hinkle, 5 minutes 0.23 seconds 400 meter dash Christopher Maynard, 1 minute 0.10 seconds...

Nevada Tyler Gast: 41 Zach Braucher: 42 David Cavener: 42 Alex Christensen: 44 Brandon Davis: 49 Total: 169 Carl Junction Adam Mertens: 38 Riley Hughes: 42 Josh Davis: 43 Chris Moudy: 44 A.J. Whistler: 41 Total: 164 Nevada JV Zach Meyer: 59 Raymond Griffin: 58...

Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council has a short agenda for Tuesday's meeting, including the final reading of an ordinance amending the city's contract with Allgeier Martin and Associates for the design and construction phase of the city's new wastewater treatment plant...

Nevada Daily Mail Nearly 300 Missouri school districts have earned the state's prestigious "Distinction in Performance" award for academic progress and achievement during the 2006 - 2007 school year. Among those honored was Bronaugh R-VIII School District...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Three members of a band in Kansas City are from Nevada, Trent Bickel, Nate Williams and Holden Simpson. They're joined by Joel Brame and Justin Bird on stage to form Seeking Surreal; a rock, experimental and alternative band...

Nevada Daily Mail The Federal Emergency Management Agency has included Vernon County to their list of 47 Missouri counties suffering what President George W. Bush is calling a catastrophe. "I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State of Missouri resulting from severe storms and flooding beginning on March 17, 2008, and continuing, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration," Bush wrote in a letter to Missouri State Emergency Management Agency officials.. ...

Special to the Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY -- Omar Davis, director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, today announced that the newly designed license plate that all Missourians had an opportunity to vote on and select will soon be available. "We are excited to be a part of the comprehensive program that gave all Missouri citizens a voice in choosing our new license plates," said Director Davis. ...

By Chris Patch Nevada Daily Mail Once again Nevada baseball dug itself into a hole Tuesday afternoon, and once again seventh-inning magic brought the Tigers back, this time for a 7-6 win over Clinton. It was the second time this season Nevada (5-3) has overcome a seventh-inning deficit and the fourth win in a row for the Tigers. Head coach Jared Brown said his team's never-say-die attitude had a lot to do with the outcome...

By Chris Patch Nevada Daily Mail The Tigers (1-7) won two games in doubles and a total of nine for the afternoon. After the match assistant coach Lex Blue said he thought Nevada played well but was up against one of the best teams in southwest Missouri...