Stories from Wednesday, June 8, 2016

The Nevada Neptunes swim team opened its 2016 campaign June 4 at the Claremore Stingrays Tri-State Invitational Swim Meet held at the Claremore Recreation Center. The one-day indoor event featured 11 Tri-state teams, approximately 237 swimmers, including five from Nevada. The Neptunes this season are coached by Karen Claypool, and assistant coaches Samantha Short, Shelby Thorns, Thomas Prewitt, and Tayler Matthews...

Racer Tyler Schoen had a big night June 4 at I-49 Speedway, collecting the event's grand prize, a $500 payday. A grand total of 30 pure stock cars signed in to compete in the special race. Making his 2016 I-49 Speedway debut, Halfway's Tyler Schoen showed the pure stock competitors how it's done en route to collecting the $500 to win special event...

El Dorado Springs Christian School recently advanced to the 2016 National Track-and-Field Meet held at Plaster Stadium on the campus of Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, bringing eight student-athletes to the event, with each competing in a designated age group...

Missouri's 126th Dist. JEFFERSON CITY, MO -- Visiting with citizens around the district, I have been asked about Missouri tax refund information. This year citizens may see a delay in receiving back their Missouri tax refunds because of increased reviews for fraud prevention. Citizens can check the status of their tax refund by going to to the 2016 Missouri Return Inquiry System at https://dors.mo.gov/tax/taxinq/welcome.j.... For further assistance, contact the Missouri Department of Revenue...

Missouri's 31st Senatorial District "No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the Legislature is in session." Judge Gideon J. Tucker The Missouri Senate's 2016 priorities included improving the business and legal climate, reforming health care, protecting the integrity of elections, passing a balanced budget, fighting back against Planned Parenthood atrocities and protecting religious liberty...

Special to the Daily Mail You may, like I, become repeatedly confused over United States interventions in the Middle East. It seems like today's allies, heavily financed and supplied with armaments, turn out to be next week's opponents! How could that possibly be? Qui bono? Well, certainly the military/industrial complex is thriving as these "never-ending wars" drone on. (Pun intended.)...

Nevada Daily Mail Monday noon saw state Rep. Patricia Pike address the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Quad County Chapter 1843 at the Vernon County Senior Center in Nevada. "I want to share a bit about how a bill becomes law," said Pike "and some highlights of the just concluded session."...

Nevada Daily Mail When the communities KCP&L services grow, KCP&L grows, Lisa Franklin, KCP&L manager of economic development and Milo native and Nevada High School graduate told the Nevada City Council Tuesday night. Franklin and fellow economic developer for KCP&L were at the council meeting to talk to the council about the economic development services they can provide to a community...

Nevada Daily Mail B.G. Wolfe of DSWA, Certified Public Accountants, P.C. presented the results for Vernon County Ambulance District's 2014 fiscal year audit during a special meeting Thursday evening. "Within 10 minutes of me getting here I looked at one bank statement and I pulled up one financial statement and it's like boom, it just hits you," Wolfe said...

Nevada Daily Mail Cass County Circuit Judge, William B. Collins, gaveled court to order as the jury trial of Jeremy Maples opened in the circuit court room in the Vernon County courthouse. On Monday, 10 men and four women from Vernon County were impaneled as the 12- person jury, plus two alternates...

Nevada Fire Department responded to a report of a detached garage on fire in the 300 block of North Olive Street on Wednesday afternoon. According to fire department radio traffic, light smoke was coming from the garage as the fire department arrived. The fire appeared to be under control after only a few minutes...