Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, August 8, 2007 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Man arrested for slaying of ex-wife

indicate that the woman had lodged complaints against the man prior to the murder. Isaac Railey Jr., 45, was arrested Aug. 2 after turning himself in to the Nevada County Sheriffs Office. According to Nevada County Sheriff Bobby Carlton, Railey rode a...

Prescott man charged with jury tampering

A Prescott man has been charged with jury tampering after he allegedly asked a woman to help him out with a trial. Bryant Sims, 36, 403 E. Main St., was charged based on the statement of a woman who had apparently been on a jury panel selected to hear ...

Grant will help preserve history

Abraham Lincolns Gettysburg Address might be one of Americas most famous speeches. While Nevada Countys own Civil War sites wont likely ever rival the number of visitors who flock to Pennsylvania to visit the site of that famous battle, there are loca...

Excuse me, is that my chair?

all started with a chair and an artists eye for an awesome photo. The trip includes a photo of that little chair in Prescott. Curtis Krueger said he was visiting with a neighbor - Mrs. Davis - when he noticed a small wrought iron chair. He borrowed ...

Casey Allen

Mr. Casey Conrad Allen, 20, of Prescott, formerly of Hope, died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, in Christus St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana, Texas. He was born July 9, 1987, in Hope, to Steven Conrad and Pamala Michelle Banks Allen. He was self-employed. He w...

Laura Meeks

Mrs. Laura Belle Akins Meeks, 99, of Prescott, died Monday, July 30, 2007, in Little Rock. She was born in Nevada County, to William H. and Josephine Moss Akins. She was a retired teacher of the Prescott School District having graduated from University o...

Wyndal Minton

Wyndal I. Minton Sr., 79, of Gurdon, died Tuesday, July 31, 2007. He was Owner of Minton Farms, member Beech Street Baptist Church and a US Army Veteran of World War II. He served as a board member on the Clark County Farm Bureau, the Clark County School...