Stories from Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The U.S. Census Bureau will begin to follow-up on May 1, with the 28 percent of households in the United States who did not return their questionnaire by mail. Census takers will visit a household several times in an effort to get the basic information on the 10 questions on the 2010 Census...

In 2009, for the first time in 16 years, there was no Fourth of July fireworks display at the Vernon County fairgrounds by Firefighters Local 3031. At the time, the firefighters sought out someone to take over the responsibilities but couldn't find anyone. Now someone has taken up the torch to coordinate the effort to reignite the celebration...

Southern Commissioner Kennon Shaw collapsed during the Vernon County Crime Victims' Walk Tuesday evening. Shaw started out at Dr. Warren Lovinger's office on South Ash and walked to the Square, where he collapsed. From there, he was taken to the hospital in a police car...

On a cloudy, but otherwise fair weather day, the Nevada Tigers golf team made their return to the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course Monday. In their first quad match of the year, the Tigers hosted the Mustangs of McDonald County, the Bulldogs of El Dorado Springs and El Dorado Christian High School. The Tigers tied for the overall best team score of the day with McDonald County at 192. El Dorado Springs took third at 196, followed by El Dorado Christian at 288...