The federal government has put the brakes on any possibility of approving Nevada Regional Medical Center's application for a change of rural hospital status. On Tuesday, Oct. 28, Interim Chief ...

Sharon Kay Keys, 80, El Dorado Springs, MO passed away on Friday, October 24th, 2025, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, MO. Sharon was born January 27, 1945, in Pittsburg, KS to Harold and Maurine Mae ...

Whew.... It came down to the very end, but Nevada outlasted Pleasant Hill 21-19 on Senior Night at Logan Field. It was a back-and-forth battle between the two MSHSAA Class 4 District 7 schools. The ...

The John C. Polk, (1912-1991), wildlife art collection has been on display for several months at the Bushwhacker Museum, as Polk's grandchildren shared their local artist grandfather's work with the ...

Lloyd Lee Medearis Lloyd passed away from pancreatic cancer on 9/2/2025 at age 85. He was born in Filley, MO on August 8, 1940. He went to Eldorado Springs, MO elementary school and graduated from ...

On Oct. 21, Nevada proudly hosted the 2025 Big 8 Conference for cross country at the striking Frank E. Peters Golf Course. This event brought together some of the top student athletes from our region ...

Karin Kay Shearburn Haverstic, 86, of Moundville, MO, passed away at Joplin Mercy Hospital, Monday, October 20, 2025, after a brief illness. Full of independence, inner strength and grace throughout ...

The Nevada Tigers hosted Pleasant Hill High School in MSHSAA Class 4 District 7 play on Friday night. Nevada came into the contest 5-3 after last week's road loss at Mt. Vernon, 28-24. The Roosters ...

Having been awarded the contract by the city to develop and implement a new comprehensive city plan, Keith Marvin, Principal Community Planner for the Marvin Planning Consultants of David City, Neb.

The Cottey Comet volleyball team was able to get back on the winning track after a pair of Saturday wins. The Comets swept a pair of matches in Kansas City against Kansas Christian College and Calvary ...

McAdams, age 91, of Fayetteville, AR, formerly of Nevada, Mo, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 18, 2025. She was born in Waynesboro, MS, to Flora Corine (Dyess) and Cecil Edward Coleman, on ...

Gilbert and Eleanor Willson, Nevada celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary on October 21, 2025. They joined their granddaughters Kelsey Willson Bailey (Mikel) Nevada, Emily Willson (Jon) Kansas ...