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Airport terminal building project makes progress (04/23/08)
"Slowly but surely," Jody Bryson, airport manager, told the airport board Monday, referring to progress on the new terminal building at the Nevada Municipal Airport. Bryson said that last Monday the metal siding on the east side of the building was installed, but it has been too windy since then to work with the large pieces of metal...

Council expresses support for group home proposal (04/02/08)
Nevada may soon be the location of five new group homes for developmental disabled adults. The Nevada City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to support the efforts of Community Support Services to build the group homes in Nevada and directed Jhan Hurn, Community Support Services executive director, to negotiate with the parks and recreation board to purchase property for the facility...

City council slated to discuss airport deadlines and ordinance issues (04/01/08)
Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council will be considering the first reading of an ordinance during Tuesday night's council meeting which would extend the completion deadline for Nevada's new airport terminal building to June 15. It would also authorize the city manager to approve a change order to move the electrical services entrance and the HVAC condensation unit for the building...

Missouri Highway Patrol to participate in Operation Orange (04/01/08)
Nevada Daily Mail Colonel James F. Keathley, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, would like to make the public aware of National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week, April 7-11, 2008. During that week, the Patrol's General Headquarters and any troop headquarters with outdoor lighting will use orange, rather than white lights. Operation Orange, as it is being called, is meant to remind motorists of the need to drive safely in highway work zones...

Ready to begin construction (03/25/08)
Construction supplies lay in the lot where Vernon County's new jail is to be built, with construction set to begin this spring. These materials are to be used as part of the 60-by-100-foot metal storage building which will neighbor the jail. Water drainage issues and poor weather conditions have postponed the construction of this building for several weeks...

Rome with a view (03/20/08)
Editor's note: Cottey College students have returned from a trip to Italy, where educational modules, sight seeing and immersion in the culture offered a unique learning opportunity for second-year students. Cottey public information directer Steve Reed has kept folks at home posted on the happenings of the trip, in the form of letters to Mama. This is the final letter...

Arson suspect faces additional charges in Cedar County (03/20/08)
A Stockton man accused of setting a fire inside a Nevada woman's home was released today from the Vernon County jail on his own recognizance so he could be transferred to Stockton Court and face nine other criminal charges. Patrick Ellis, 30, was granted a release from his $50,000 cash-only bond Thursday afternoon during a pre-trial hearing by 28th Circuit Judge Neal Quitno, only to be transferred across the Cedar County line, where a $100,000 bond awaited him...

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