Stories from Tuesday, January 9, 2007

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail If one of your New Year's resolutions is to find a job, find a better job, or start a new career, one of the first places you should go is the Missouri Career Center located at 621 E. Highland in Nevada. The Career Center offers advice, training and tools to help you determine your own interests, skills and educational options and to plan your job search with these things in mind...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail In March, Nevada voters will cast ballots in a run-off election to narrow the field of candidates to two, for each of two seats on the city council. The number of candidates running for the seat vacated by Dick Meyers resignation from the city council on Dec. 19 grew to three Tuesday when Clinton McKenzie and Jane Novak filed to run. Joe Kraft filed for the open seat last week...

Nevada Daily Mail In 2006 the Missouri General Assembly enacted new legislation affecting vehicle operation and Governor Matt Blunt signed the legislation into law. Some of the laws contained an emergency clause and went into effect upon the signing and others went into effect Aug. 28; however a few important laws actually went into effect Jan. 1...

Nevada Daily Mail In order to provide better service to those who use its services, the Missouri Veterans Commission has announced that a service officer will be available to advise area veterans and their families every Monday and Wednesday at its Nevada office in the Misosuri Career Center, 621 E. Highland St...

Lavona Mae Majors, age 72, the daughter of Roy Leo and Daisey Emmaline (Robinson) Davis was born Aug. 26, 1934, in Rockville, Mo., and passed from this life on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007, at the Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs, Mo. Early in her life, Lavona, who was also known as "Popeye," along with her family moved from Rockville to Schell City where she attended school. ...

Charlene Anita Johnson, age 56, of Nevada, passed away at her home on Jan. 6, 2007, following a lengthy illness. She was born on March 31, 1950, in Rockford, Ill., to Charles A. Phillips and Pearl Hamilton Phillips. Charlene came to Missouri at a young age with her family. She graduated from Tunis High School in Louisburg, Mo. She lived in Springfield, Mo. for many years until coming to Nevada in 1993...

Mary Ellen Johnson, 94, Nevada, Mo., formerly of Hume, Mo., passed away on Monday, Jan. 8, 2007, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. She was born Aug. 3, 1912, near Stotesbury, Mo., to Oscar E. Wagner and Maude M. Hair Wagner. She married Kenneth E. Johnson on Dec. 1, 1954, in Fort Scott, Kan. He preceded her in death in September 1997...

100 years ago Files $20,000 damage suit John D. Tolle through his attorney A.J. King has filed a $20,000 damage suit against W.C. Claypool, the alleging defendant circulated slanderous statements against him. IN the petition Tolle alleges that defendant maliciously made false statements against him in order to bring plaintiff in disrepute among the people of Richards. ...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail WARRENSBURG -- Head Coach John McNeley didn't last the first half and the Nevada Tigers were held scoreless for nearly nine minutes in the second half as the Warrensburg Tigers won the matchup between Class 4, District 10 teams, 47-36...

Nevada Daily Mail CARTHAGE -- Nevada needed just one quarter to turn around its fortunes against the Neosho Lady Wildcats Saturday night. Neosho jumped out to a 12-9 lead after one quarter in the third-place game of the 12th Annual Lady Tiger Invitational in Carthage. From that point it was all Nevada...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Nevada head coach John McNeley took the blame for Saturday's ejection at Warrensburg, but did say the quick hook surprised him. "I'm the guy that's responsible for it happening," McNeley said. "I'm going to accept responsibility."...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail Nevada head coach John McNeley took the blame for Saturday's ejection at Warrensburg, but did say the quick hook surprised him. "I'm the guy that's responsible for it happening," McNeley said. "I'm going to accept responsibility."...