Stories from Friday, September 21, 2012

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Police Department has made arrests connected to more than 24 reported thefts involving items taken from parked cars. The vast majority of these automobiles were unsecured and items of personal property were stolen. This investigation also determined that two male juveniles are responsible for the reported thefts of more than 30 bicycles over the last nine months...

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail Soon after the catastrophic Joplin tornado in May 2011, Nevada Area Habitat for Humanity directors voted to put a steel-reinforced safe room in each of the new homes they provided for families who would not otherwise be able to afford one...

Nevada Daily Mail State Rep. Shane Schoeller of Willard had a long, hard slog to win the Republican nomination for secretary of state; so the Bolivar native began his Nov. 6 general election campaign with less money than his Democratic rival, Rep. Jason Kander of Kansas City...

By Lynn A. Wade Nevada Daily Mail Area fourth graders spent a day-long tour into portions of the 19th century Thursday, as they made their way through nine stations where presenters offered insights into aspects of frontier and Civil War-era life in the Midwest...