Stories from Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Turnout for the April 4 election came in at 9.68 percent. The following unofficial tallies include those who were “elected” today although the township, school board or municipality was not required to hold an election to fill its vacancies. Names of write-ins will be made public upon certification of election...

Members of the American Association of University Women sold cookies at Crowder College on Tuesday afternoon, but there was a catch — men paid $1 for each cookie while women only paid 80 cents. The purpose of the price difference was to illustrate the pay gap between college-educated men and women one year after graduation...

While the Civil War and World War II get a lot of attention, on April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on Germany and joined “the war to end all wars.” On April 2, President Woodrow Wilson, who had been reelected the prior November on the slogan, “He kept us out of war,” appeared before a joint session of Congress and outlined a series of reasons for why war with Germany had become a necessity...

The Nevada City Council moved the demolition of the city’s old Public Safety Building at 120 S. Ash ahead when it voted 4-0, with Jayne Novak excused, to accept a bid of $47,165 from Clear Way Environmental of Kansas City, Mo., for the abatement of hazardous materials at the building...

Mark and Penny Baldwin, of Nevada, proudly announce the engagement of their daughter, Afton Baldwin, to Kenny Smith. Afton is a 2007 graduate of Nevada High School. She graduated and received her bachelor’s degree from Missouri Southern State University in 2012 and is currently a teacher at Tulsa Technology Center in Tulsa, Okla...

The Nevada Tiger golf team has opened its season on fire, winning three of its first four events while finishing runner-up in the other. Nevada’s latest victory came at the 12-team Bird Dog Invitational on Monday in Carl Junction, as the Tigers carded an 18-hole team score of 292 for the first-place finish. The tournament, held at Briarbrook Country Club –– was made all the more memorable as Nevada’s 292 shattered an 18-hole school record set by the 1990 Tigers (303 at Butler Country Club)...