Stories from Friday, January 10, 2014

Anthony and Katie Budd, of Nevada, Mo., and older brother, Brice, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Gentry Leah Budd. Gentry was born at 9:23 a.m., Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

When I was small my mother often read poems to me as I was taking my nap. There was one that started the same way I titled this essay. But since my bedroom was on the second floor of a house that had a full basement, I never got to see a birdie on my window sill. ...

Annette Funicello passed away this past year. She was for me, and for millions of guys my age, our first television crush. She heads my personal sad list of 10 people whom we lost in 2013. All of these individuals had an impact on my life, as I am sure they did for many of you...

The City of Nevada is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Nevada Revitalization Award. The Nevada City Council created the Nevada Revitalization Award in 2010 to recognize property owners who have enhanced our community by making significant exterior improvements to their individual properties that have, in turn, had a positive impact on the surrounding area. It recognizes individual efforts and seeks to encourage future reinvestment in our community...

Nevada Daily Mail In an attempt to collect unpaid bills for students school lunches, Sheldon superintendent Tim Judd will be sending out a second round of letters with harsher penalties to families with high bills. "The first letters were seeking cooperation," Judd said at the Sheldon Board of Education meeting Wednesday night. "We've had zero response from it. I think we've tried to be nice about it, and I think the next step is to send something a little more harsh."...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada R-5 School District is looking to add two new preschools this spring to three preschools the district already has, Benton Elementary principal Debby Spaur told the R-5 Board of Education Wednesday night. In addition to being Bryan Elementary principal, Spaur also supervises the district's preschools and the parents as teachers program...