Stories from Friday, October 12, 2012

October 4 There was a report of a theft in the 300 block of East Hickory Street. A Dell Inspiron Laptop was reported stolen overnight from an unoccupied home. An individual known to the victim is being sought. There was a report of a theft in the 700 block of East Austin Boulevard. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Missourians have historically declined to raise cigarette taxes and if they still think like State Rep. Barney Fisher, Sen. David Pearce and Rep.-elect Randy Pike, Proposition B, a statewide ballot initiative to bump that levy by a gargantuan 73 cents a pack, will fare no better Nov. 6 than similar plans did in 2002 and 2006...

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail What Vernon County's public administrator does is mystery to most voters that Democratic incumbent Tammy Bond and Republican nominee Clay Lyons Jr. are doing their best to explain. The one who wins the Nov. 6 election will be designated guardian or conservator of the estates of 105 people with debilitating mental illnesses or developmental limitations, elderly people who have no relatives to help them make decisions, minors with estates that must be managed by someone other than a parent and incapacitated people involved in disputes.. ...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail It will not be long before signs of the new construction at the Nevada High School become obvious. The Nevada R-5 Board of Education will be conducting the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new performing arts center and multi-purpose building at 7:30 a.m., Oct. 24, with the actual construction slated to begin on Oct. 29...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Police Officer Pam Miller, one of three people injured in a Sept. 29 crash at U.S. 54 and Business 71, is expected to return to duty soon. Miller, 45, suffered minor injuries in the four-vehicle crash that happened at 5 p.m. that day, while Miller was responding to a report of a disturbance in the Wal-Mart parking lot involving a suspect who may have been armed, Nevada Police Chief Graham Burnley said Thursday...