Stories from Saturday, July 30, 2016

A lot of anglers are choosing to fish in the heat, which, in my opinion, is still better than not fishing at all. Last week I found there are many successful late July anglers who are catching crappie to catfish. Ron Daugherty, Carl Junction and Jay Ellis, Webb City, hit Stockton and caught 27 keeper crappie using red thunder or salt and pepper jigs...

The Nevada Neptunes swim team hit the pool at Lamar TigerSharks Tri-State Invitational Swim Meet July 23-24 at Lamar Aquatic Park The two-day outdoor event featured 12 Tri-state teams and approximately 316 swimmers, including 32 from Nevada. Traveling with the Neptunes were head coach Karen Claypool, and assistant coaches Samantha Short, Shelby Thorns, Thomas Prewitt, and Tayler Matthews...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council will consider a request to provide additional policing at Chapman Estates and Fairground Estates from July 1 2016 to June 30, 2017. The Housing Autority will pay the city up to $25,000 for this service. The council will also hold the first reading of a contract with the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission to provide STP-Urban funds to replace two electronic "speed calming" signs on West Ashland and North Olive near Nevada High School and Nevada Middle School. ...

The past few months have again been filled with news stories of riots, protests against police brutality, and sadly the murders of multiple police officers from around the country. With constant alerts from state and federal agencies warning law enforcement officers to be more observant and watch for signs of possible ambushes, it can make the job even more stressful than it already is for so many people in this field...

Hi neighbors. I have never been so weary of elections as I am now with the current presidential debacle. With three months left till Election Day, I cannot wait for it to come and pass. I no longer can stomach the thought of either of the current candidates representing America as its president...

Submitted to the Daily Mail Please provide us with information on your background. Include such information as your age, education, current occupation and experience related to the office you are seeking. I am 73 years of age. I graduated from Pleasant Hope, Missouri High School, class of l961...

Submitted to the Daily Mail Please provide us with information on your background. Include such information as your age, education, current occupation and experience related to the office you are seeking. Senator Emery served on several House committees including Children and Families, Job Creation and Tax Reform. He also chaired the House Utilities Committee and the Special Committee on Immigration Reform...

Submitted to the Daily Mail Please provide us with information on your background. Include such information as your age, education, current occupation and experience related to the office you are seeking. I am 37 years old. I attended Bronaugh R-7 school and graduated in 1997. ...

Submitted to the Daily Mail Please provide us with information on your background. Include such information as your age, education, current occupation and experience related to the office you are seeking. I was born in Nevada June 21, 1984, and grew up just outside of Deerfield. ...

Submitted to the Daily Mail Please provide us with information on you background. Include such information as your age, education, current occupation and experience related to the office you are seeking. I was born in 1965, raised in Vernon County and graduated from Nevada High School in 1984. ...

Submitted to the Daily Mail Please provide us with information on your background. Include such information as your age, education, current occupation and experience related to the office you are seeking. I was born and raised in Nevada. I graduated from Nevada in the Class of 1995. ...

Submitted to the Daily Mail Please provide us with information on your background. Include such information as your age, education, current occupation and experience related to the office you are seeking. Greetings! My name is Steve Schlup and I am 52 years old. ...

Submitted to the Daily Mail Please provide us with information on your background. Include such information as your age, education, current occupation and experience related to the office you are seeking. I am 56 years old and married to Bob Thompson. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Cottey College was hit Tuesday with a federal lawsuit by three black female basketball players who played for the team in the fall of 2015, alleging they were discriminated against based on their race. According to an Associated Press story dated July 28, the three women "alleged in (the) lawsuit that (Cottey College) treated them differently than white students before expelling them without justification."...