Stories from Thursday, March 7, 2013

Vernon County Assessor Cherie Roberts has started using vehicle identification numbers to determine the value of vehicles more accurately. Although relatively new, the VIN process is not required by law, but it may soon be. The Missouri Department of Revenue would like to see VIN's used to make sure taxpayers are assessed fairly. The difference between what a taxpayer puts on their assessment list and what the vehicle actually is can be quite a bit, Roberts said...

Nevada Daily Mail Hundreds of parents and their children made art projects and picked out a book Monday night at the annual Bryan Elementary School Art Fair. This year Bryan principal Debbie Spaur said the school combined its art fair with a reading program, so in addition to art projects, teachers were giving out free books and cookies to the children...

Nevada R-5 Schools will begin a program to encourage students to get more physical exercise. Starting Friday, students will be logging their miles in a "Progressive Marathon" in which they log the distances they are walking, jogging or running outside of school...

The Ladies of Harmony, the latest production of Nevada's Community Coun-cil on the Performing Arts, promises to have the perfect remedy for the winter blues. The laughter is nonstop in this hilarious comedy by Ron Hill, said spokeswoman Ann Bunton...

The Nevada Mail The Nevada High School senior class will present The Belle of Bisbee, an old-fashioned melodrama written by Tim Kelley and directed by Richard Daut, who also plays Judge Quail. Showtime is 7 tonight and Friday in the NHS auditorium. The play is set at the turn of the 20th century in Bisbee, Ariz., where the Little Red Schoolhouse is up for sale because the schoolmarm, Belle Wallaby, is several months behind on the bank payments...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail "It feels pretty good." Pretty good, indeed. Nevada High School senior Silas Smith accomplished a goal this basketball season of which many players can simply dream when he scored his 1,000th career point with 6 minutes, 54 seconds remaining in the third quarter of a 64-29 drubbing of the McDonald County Mustangs on Courtwarming night at Wynn Gymnasium. ...

Nevada Daily Mail BRONAUGH -- The Hume Lady Hornets fifth- and sixth-grade basketball squad put up a strong performance against Northeast Vernon County in the Bronaugh tournament Wednesday night. Northeast Vernon County got off to a slightly better start than Hume, taking a 6-4 lead after the first quarter, but was unable to hold the momentum. The Lady Hornets won the second period, 6-4, to take a 10-10 tie into the locker room at halftime...