Stories from Friday, August 5, 2016

From Indy to Vegas, Clay Gayman recently crisscrossed the map with his Adidas sponsored AAU Gateway Basketball Club out of St. Louis. Gayman, who will be entering his junior year at Nevada High School, spent the month of July squaring off against some of the top high school competition in America, and appears to be locked and loaded for the 2016-17 high school basketball season...

Over the weekend, I watched the eighth and final segment of AMC's, "The American West." As stated in the information cover for the show -- "Spanning the years 1865 to 1890, 'The American West,' will show how -- in the aftermath of the Civil War -- the United States transforms into the 'land of opportunity.'" Once again, I was reminded of just how much, the facts, legends, and myths of the American West, shaped so much of how Americans and the rest of the world perceive us...

Editor's Note: This column originally was published in the Jan. 12, 2013 edition of the Nevada Daily Mail. Games are great to play with other people. They help you get to know each other. You have fun. You learn things about each other when you are having fun together and laughing...

Nevada Daily Mail All eyes in Cedar County were on the very competitive Republican primary races for sheriff and southern commissioner. With 3,311 votes cast out of a total of 8,271 registered voters for a turnout rate of 40.03 percent, here are the results...

Nevada Daily Mail The end of July saw the release of findings for the quadrennial audit of Vernon County. Quoting from the summary findings, Joe Hardin, presiding county commissioner said, "The audit results indicate this entity is well managed." "As provided by state law, each county in the state is audited once every four years," explained Phil Couch, Vernon County's collector and ex-officio treasurer. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Lawyers for three former Cottey College basketball players, who filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the school, said their clients were left in financial aid and enrollment limbo due to unjust actions taken by the school...