Stories from Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Nevada Daily Mail The local law enforcement motorcycle group continues to find ways to serve the community, this time through their First Sacred Sons Community Picnic to be held next Saturday to raise money for school supplies. "It's mainly to help our community with the kids who are less fortunate and the parents who have maybe hit a hard time," chapter president and Vernon County Sheriff's Office detective David Johnson said of their goal for the event...

Nevada Daily Mail For new Bronaugh R-7 principal Jordan Dickey, the first day of school, Aug. 20, cannot get here soon enough. This will be Dickey's first year as a principal, but she said she has had multiple positions in education that have prepared her for the task...

Nevada Daily Mail After contracting with an outside company for several years to provide the meals, the Vernon County Jail began preparing meals in-house starting June 1, in an effort to cut costs as well as eliminate issues that came with working with an outside company...

Nevada Daily Mail A scorching hot offense powered the Nevada Griffons to a 10-3 victory over the Chillicothe Mudcats, Tuesday evening at Lyons Stadium. The Griffons, who have plated 29 runs over the past four games, improved to 22-13 overall and 19-13 in MINK League play...

Nevada Daily Mail The Sheldon school board approved several rulebook amendments in preparation for the beginning of the 2015-16 school year and set a date for a school meeting to talk about the new tax levy. A school board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12 to discuss 2015 property tax levy to fund the Sheldon R-7 school district. Superintendent Tim Judd said the tax levy should not be too much different from the current property tax levy. No specific numbers were given...