Stories from Wednesday, September 26, 2012

September 21 12:23 p.m.: An accident occurred at Route W and U.S. 54 Highway involving an SUV driven by Joyce E. Post, Nevada, and a pickup driven by Henry R. Webb, Nevada. No injuries were reported. 3:08 p.m.: An accident occurred at Elm and Floral streets involving an unknown vehicle and a car owned by Arthur A. Bell, Nevada. Accident is still under investigation...

Nevada Daily Mail WEBB CITY, Mo. -- The Nevada Middle School seventh grade football teams took to the road under threatening weather conditions Tuesday afternoon to take on Webb City. Weather didn't get in the way for the A game, but things didn't go well for Nevada. Webb City had little trouble putting points on the board and ultimately took a decisive victory by a final score of 64-18...

Nevada Daily Mail The girl's division of the Nevada High School youth basketball program will begin Saturday, Oct. 27. Varsity basketball coach Brent Bartlett with assistants Jenny Allard and Clay Wheeler will be heading up the program. They will be assisted by members of the Nevada High School Lady Tigers basketball team...

Nevada Daily Mail LAMAR, Mo. -- The Nevada High School and Middle School cross country team got back into competition on the road Tuesday with less than stellar results. In the varsity boys' 5,000-meter race, Ben Sommer posted the best finish for the Tigers as he took 24th with a time of 18 minutes, 37 seconds. Dalton Shunkwiler finished 32nd and Max Daniel took 76th...

A 23-year-old Vernon County Ambulance District emergency medical technician who had served with the Kansas Army National Guard in the African nation of Djibouti died in a motorcycle-car collision at 7:26 a.m. Tuesday three miles east of Fort Scott, Kan., on U.S. 54...

Nevada Regional Medical Center directors learned Tuesday that net operating income in August had substantially exceeded expectations, totaling $249,480 in comparison to the budgeted amount of $75,243. Chief Financial Officer Tommy McGee told the board that the hospital's discharges of patients and out-patient visits were higher than budgeted by 10.4 and 7.5 percent, respectively, while patients' accounts receivable fell by $654,253 from the end of July to the end of August...

The 2012 street construction projects have been completed and the city's street and infrastructure committee have already begun the process of selecting the streets for next year's projects. Thursday evening the committee met in the council chambers and talked about streets that were in need of work and listened to requests from several residents. ...