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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, May 2, 2007 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Highway Department holds meeting
More than 60 people gathered for a public meeting to discuss the widening of Highway 24 - also East Main Street. The project calls for widening the street from downtown to the curve at Ash Street. Those opposing cited the loss of trees, placement of uti...
Councilmen talk highway
Its likely that the widening of Highway 24 - also East Main - will go forward, though not because theres widespread favor for the project. Several Prescott City Council members said theyll support the project because it means the city will get new wat...
Janes hired as MMS principal
Cathy Janes will be principal at McRae Middle School beginning in the 2007-08 school year. The decision was one of several made by the Prescott School Board during a special meeting called by the board April 26. Janes is the current federal programs co...
JPs to consider new personnel policies
Members of the Nevada County Quorum Court will likely be asked to approve changes in the countys personnel policy during the May meeting of that body. The changes are being recommended by members of the courts personnel policy committee and several wer...
Six arrested on drug charges
Members of local law enforcement united April 26 to serve search warrants on a local residence, resulting in six arrests and an array of drug-related charges. According to information from the Prescott Police Department, the PPD, Nevada County Sheriffs...
Trial in Hicks case postponed again
The trial against a Rosston couple accused in a child abuse case has been put on hold again. This time, the mans attorney cited a medical condition and the trial has been put off until summer. Edward R. Hicks, 39, of Rosston, was charged on May 21, 200...
Marie Tye
Mrs. Opal Marie Tye, 92, of Bodcaw, passed away on Monday, April 23, 2007, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born on May 30, 1914, in Odell, Okla., to Charles Henry Carlton and Rosa Nelson Carlton Flowers. She was a homemaker and business owne...
Landon Hill
Landon David Hill, infant son of Brandon David and Katheryn Racheal Clark Hill of Hope died Thursday, April 19, 2007, at his home. Landon was born Oct. 6, 2006, in Hope. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Lesley Hill, and maternal gr...
Gerald Henderson
Mr. Gerald Henderson, 62, of Prescott, died Saturday, April 28, 2007, in Iraq. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time but will be announced by Brazzel/Cornish Funeral Home in Prescott.
Ouida Williams
Mrs. Ouida Williams, 82, of Bodcaw, died April 30, 2007, at Medical Park Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be handled by Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home of Hope.

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