Stories from Friday, March 2, 2012

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The Nevada Parks Board and the Nevada Elks Lodge are getting closer to a joint project to turn Davis Park on Centennial Boulevard into a military themed park. During their Wednesday night meeting the parks board signed a memorandum of understanding with the Nevada Elks Lodge to set out the operating rules for the project. The agreement will be considered by the city council during their March 6 meeting...

Mission work, particularly in other countries, dealing with other cultures, "can be a life-changing experience," said First Baptist Church education pastor Steve Russ. "To go somewhere else ... can give you a sense of how God works outside of the world we live in, here in Nevada."...

The first-degree murder charge against Mark Bishop, 42, of Moundville, was amended to second-degree murder at a preliminary hearing in a Vernon County courtroom Thursday. Bishop is charged in connection with the October 2011 death of Mary Bishop, his wife. ...

In the wake of tornadic storms that brought significant wind damage to areas of Vernon County and surrounding counties and devastation to other communities, including Branson, Mo., where no one was killed but at least 33 were injured, cleanup has begun...

Three babies born at Nevada Regional Medical Center have something in common with famous folks like actor Antonio Sabato, Jr., actor Dennis Farina, Henri "The Pocket Rocket" Richard, an NHL Hall of Fame center, who played for the Montreal Canadians; and even Pope Paul III -- all were born on Feb. 29...

Fatima Weish, a second-year Cottey student from Kabul, Afghanistan, met with a group of National Guard soldiers at Camp Clark who are preparing to deploy to Afghanistan on Friday, March 2. Weish met with members of the Missouri Agricultural Development Team VI and answered questions about everything from "Is the U.S. ...

These are some of the dozens of Nevada area high school students descended on the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center last Saturday night for what seems to have been the first ever "Lights Out" or glow-in-the-dark volleyball tournament sponsored by the Nevada High School Livin' Out Loud group. This event was the follow up to the dodge ball tournament they held last fall. The event was so popular there are rumors of the adults getting into the act and holding their own event...

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