Stories from Wednesday, August 5, 2009

The Internal Revenue Service reminds consumers to avoid identity theft scams that use the IRS name, logo or Web site in an attempt to convince taxpayers that the scam is a genuine communication from the IRS. Scammers may use other federal agency names, such as the U.S. Department of the Treasury...

The Meyer Bluegrass Band, a family of musicians from age 10 to 18, are featured at the fourth event in the Spring City Revitalization Group and the city of El Dorado Springs Summer Concert series. "If you like bluegrass and gospel, you're in for a real treat," Jackson Tough, marketing and events coordinator for the group, said. "The grilling starts about 6 p.m., the Meyer Bluegrass Band takes the stage at 6:30 p.m. and the Municipal Band will perform in the Sunderwirth Bandstand at 8 p.m."...

The Nevada City Council voted 3-0 Tuesday night to raise the city property tax levy to 67.36 cents per $100 assessed valuation. The current rate of 66.96 cents per $100 assessed valuation was set in 2007. The library property tax rate will remain at 20 cents per $100 assessed valuation. ...

Volunteers for the Governor's Committee to End Homelessness gathered at the Crawford House on Wednesday, July 29, to conduct a summer count of the homeless in Vernon County as part of the Missouri Balance of State Continuum of Care Unsheltered Point in Time count. This committee began on a state level in 1988, but this was only the fifth count to take place in Vernon County. The count is conducted twice each year...