Stories from Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Nevada Daily Mail Shortly after Nevada Mayor Seth Barrett announced Monday afternoon that the city of Nevada had purchased the old Baptist Church building at the northeast corner of Cedar and Hunter streets, while driving down Main Street I saw Nevada Building Inspector Richard Brockman, Nevada Police Chief Graham Burnley and Officer Lucas Gibson arrive at the old Baptist Church and begin walking around the building looking for an easy way to enter the building that could again be secured...

By Gloria Tucker Charles Naas, superintendent of Northeast Vernon County School, discussed the merits and drawbacks of the Community Eligibility Provision program at the NEVC Board of Education meeting Thursday. "The bottom line is yes, we qualify for the program, and no, it's not beneficial to us like I had hoped," Naas said...

Nevada Daily Mail A Walker man received moderate injuries in a one- vehicle accident five miles north of Walker on Route C on Sunday afternoon. Adam Ahlgren, 18, was driving a 1995 Chevrolet Monte Carlo when he lost control, skidded off the right side of the road, struck a tree and overturned, according to a Highway Patrol report...

Nevada Daily Mail A Nevada woman received moderate injuries in an ATV accident two miles east of Montevallo on Saturday afternoon. Katlyn Triplett, 21, was riding a 1995 Honda ATV in a field, drove into a ditch and was thrown off, according to a Highway Patrol report...

In the process of preparing the Nevada High School girls golf team for the upcoming Nevada Lady Tiger Invitational Golf Tournament next Friday, I needed to let the girls play some of the holes we usually don't get to play (Nos. 4,5,6 and 7 at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course)...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School freshman football team opened its season with a 30-12 thumping of the Willard High School freshman Monday night at Logan Field. With temperatures nearing 100 degrees, kickoff was moved back an hour. Running the ball exclusively on their opening drive, Willard nearly chewed up the entire first quarter clock. The time consuming drive, however, did not yield any points, as Willard turned the ball over on downs on the Nevada 33 yard line...