Stories from Friday, July 16, 2004

Ride 'em, cowboy! Mason Couch needed a little support to get started Thursday night in the mutton busting competition in the Little Britches Rodeo. Tonight's rodeo will start at 8 p.m.

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail In early 2005, about 600,000 Americans in small towns and rural areas will be able to connect to the Internet at speeds that people in metropolitan areas and those fortunate enough to live in small towns like Nevada or Sheldon (where wireless Internet service is already available) do everyday...

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail Thursday at the Vernon County Youth Fair the spotlight was "hogged" by swine events. However, while the pigs were hamming it up, there was still plenty of activity in the background; beef cattle were being weighed in and the poultry entrants were judged...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- If a casino is ever built in the Ozarks at Rockaway Beach, the state's share of the tax revenue thereby generated would be earmarked for improving salaries of "high quality teachers employed in priority schools" and capital improvements at those same schools...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Dr. Scott Beard has a new office, located at 625 S. Ash, the same building Dr. Warren Lovinger is in, for his gynecological practice. One of the features in his new office is the way he stores his medical records. He has gone high-tech with all electronic records. ...