Stories from Saturday, August 16, 2014

Nevada Daily Mail After spending 18 seasons as the head coach of the Nevada boys high school basketball team, John McNeley will be noticeably absent from the sideline this year. McNeley, who is entering his second year as the school's athletic director, relinquished his coaching duties at the conclusion of the 2014 basketball season...

Patience pays dividends on the lake

Nevada Daily Mail All students at Sheldon will have breakfast and lunch for free next year on a trial basis. "I've been crunching the numbers on the Community Eligibility Provision program," superintendent Tim Judd said at the Sheldon Board of Education meeting Wednesday. "To qualify you have to have at least 40 percent of your students directly (automatically) certified for free and reduced lunches. We're at 48 percent."...

Nevada Daily Mail Cory Hood, 42, of Nevada, received moderate injuries in a one-vehicle wreck on Quail Road, 2 miles southwest of Nevada Friday morning. Hood's 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis ran off the roadway and struck a utility pole, according to a Missouri Highway Patrol report...

Nevada Daily Mail The Missouri Highway patrol reminds drivers that schools throughout the state are starting the 2014-2015 school year. Young people will be walking, biking and driving to school and it is critical for drivers to be alert, especially near school zones, playgrounds and bicycle paths...

Nevada Daily Mail Active Shooter Training was recently sponsored by Crowder College. Crowder staff, as well as area schools and law enforcement agencies were invited. For some of those present, the information was a refresher, for others, it may have been the first time they had seen this information, said Crowder College Nevada Campus Director Monte Padgett...