Stories from Thursday, April 19, 2007

n Bus museum makes a stop in Nevada to share little-known chapter in history By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail More than 100 local citizens took the opportunity to educate themselves about the experiences and trying times that German-Americans faced during World War II. ...

Nevada Daily Mail In 1877, John N. Edwards published "Noted Guerrillas," a romantic account of the exploits of Confederate guerrilla leader William Quantrill, and most books about the Missouri guerrillas have continued to focus primarily on Quantrill and his close associates such as William "Bloody Bill" Anderson...

Nevada Daily Mail Area residents joined Vernon County officials in a celebration conducted at the Nevada Elks Lodge Wednesday night, in honor of the passage of a one-half-cent sales tax that will fund ongoing law enforcement expenses and the construction of a new jail for Vernon County...

How do you keep a sense of humor if you ever watch the news programs? The recent weeks have been so full of tragedies that it is hard to find any humor in anything. College shootings, weather catastrophes, the news from Iraq, the political atmosphere, and local personal deaths and loses seem to emphasize that life is grim and that nothing is funny anymore. That is the time when it is most important to "look on the sunny side of life."...

In the midst of trying to stay warm and dry this unpredictable spring, there are a few great happenings that you might have missed locally. The first was a no-hitter thrown by Nevada High School junior Jerrod Alexander. On Thursday, April 5, Alexander went the distance against the Lamar varsity and kept them hitless. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Senior Men's League held tournaments Thursday, April 12, and Tuesday at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. The first tournament, April 12, was strictly individual play. Gary Norcross won the A-Flight, while Larry Testman placed second, Denny David took third and Larry Sanderson was fourth...