Stories from Wednesday, August 1, 2007

In 2003 the voters passed a 1/2-cent sales tax with half of that going to pay off the $5.2 million in sewer bonds and half going to pay for replacing sewer lines. Where has that money gone, Don Hutchinson, asked Nevada city manager Bill McGuire during Tuesday's sewer bond forum at the Community Center...

Move appears to be in preparation for a bid for the Missouri attorney general's office.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Tony Stewart was fined $25,000 and docked 25 points by NASCAR on Tuesday for cursing during his television interview after his win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Stewart, who had just scored his second victory in three years at his hometown race track, was soaking up the adoration from the throng of orange-clad fans when he dedicated the win to them...

LONDON -- Scott Speed, the only American driver in Formula One, was dropped by the Toro Rosso team and replaced by Germany's Sebastian Vettel. Speed and fellow Toro Rosso driver Vitantonio Liuzzi are among seven drivers without a single point after the first 10 of this season's 17 races. The 24-year-old Speed, from Manteca, California, has failed to score a point by finishing in the top eight of any race in his two seasons in F1...

Practice for the Nevada High School girls' golf team begins Monday, Aug. 6. Girls interested in playing golf this fall need to meet in Coach Brian Leonard's room at the high school at 8:30 Monday morning with their golf clubs in tow. If you have any questions, please call Leonard at (417) 667-8453 or (417) 448-9411...

Griffons stay alive, come up with big innings to throttle Wolverines in losers' bracket.

WASHINGTON -- Andy Roddick fired off 18 aces and beat Tomas Zib 6-4, 6-2, to reach the third round of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. In the third round Roddick will face either 15th-seeded Radek Stepanek or Rockville, Md., native Paul Goldstein, who reached the second round Tuesday by beating Somdev Dev Varman 6-4, 6-2...

LOS ANGELES -- Barry Bonds reached on an error when Dodgers shortstop Rafael Furcal dropped a pop fly during his fourth plate appearance Tuesday night, leaving the Giants' slugger at 754 home runs and one from tying Hank Aaron's record. Bonds was removed for a pinch-runner after reaching first in the seventh inning. He finished the game 0-for-2 with two walks...

July 18 meet results Carthage Dual INDIVIDUAL PLACINGS Nevada results, in alphabetical order Jake Asberry -- 4. Boys 25 free 8-and-under; 2. Boys 25 Back; 4. Boys 25 fly Kristin Badgley -- 2. Girls 50 free 15-18 ; Girls 50 fly Skyler Black -- 9. Boys 50 free 11-12;...

RIVER FALLS, Wis. -- When it comes to developing front-line starting quarterbacks, the Kansas City Chiefs are 0-forever. Remember the Great Quarterback Draft of 1983? Six were taken in the first round. Four played in the Super Bowl. Three made it to the Hall of Fame. Yet the Chiefs, specifically looking for a quarterback that day, managed to find the only bust in the bunch, Todd Blackledge...

"I'm happy to do something that reflects well on the lodge at Nevada, and at Bolivar." So said Carl Simpson, who was recently named one of eight Grand Trustees of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, a national office dealing with the investments and other lodge activities. He'll be traveling the country, visiting lodges and overseeing major purchases such as real estate transactions and building projects...

Obtaining a disabled placard is about to become much easier for the thousands of Missouri citizens who require them. According to new legislation approved by Missouri's Department of Revenue, the days of running up to the license bureau to get a new placard are now over. ...