Stories from Wednesday, July 7, 2010

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Everyone has seen the numerous of garage sale signs lining the curb that often appear in front of Family Video at the intersection of Austin Boulevard and Ash Street, which happens to be the highway right-of-way. Well, it seems that there is a state law that makes putting any private signs, including garage sale signs, on Missouri highway right-of-ways illegal because they may interfere with a drivers vision, or distract a driver...

Despite the heavy downpour at the fairgrounds on Wednesday afternoon, this young man has some place to be. He keeps his head down and splashes off toward the home economics building. The rain that began during the dairy cattle show at the Vernon County Youth Fair caused everyone to take cover wherever they could, and it dampened spirits a little bit, but the show continued...

Nevada Daily Mail The Celebrate Recovery group at First Baptist Church is sponsoring a concert with a multi-award winning Christian artist singer/songwriter named Christopher Ames. Ames is from the Syracuse, N.Y. area, and will be performing at the church on Monday, July 12, at 6 p.m., on his tour of the Midwest...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The crowd was large Tuesday night for the Super Teen Obstacle Course. It's the second night of the Super Teen contest. Monday's events included a wide variety of challenges; and the top four teams took on the obstacle course for prizes, although all eight teams competed on the course...

Nevada Daily Mail On My Own, Inc., will host a Special Education Training workshop for parents, self-advocates and other professionals with an interest in helping families become their child's best advocate. Understanding the IEP process and the art of effective advocacy will be covered during the workshop...

Rivals on the field join forces to help man who suffers from lung disease. By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail In cooperation with the football teams from Nevada, Webb City and Bolivar, Mo., the Meinershagen Family Fund is scheduled to host a "Pigskin Fundraiser" on Saturday, July 10, from 10 a.m. ...