Stories from Friday, March 9, 2007

By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail Live birds visited the Nevada Public Library on Wednesday. Delia Lister, director of the Nature Reach program of Pittsburg State University, talked to kids about birds of prey. Lister brought a live Barred Owl and a hawk for the children to see. ...

By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail Often, many people in the Vernon County jail are suspects who have not been convicted of any crime and are awaiting court apperances. Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman said that this happens quite often and living conditions for these prisoners are not good...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail After three years as director of the Nevada Regional Technical Center and five years as the assistant principal at Nevada High School, Sean Smith has accepted a position with the Archie school district as superintendent. He will start his new position July 1...

Editor's note: Second-year Cottey students are in Paris, France, on an annual trip filled with required educational modules and with opportunities for soaking up the local culture as well. This is the fourth of a series of reports on the experience from Cottey College's public information director Steve Reed, one of the chaperones for the trip. The series will continue next week, in the Nevada Daily Mail...