Stories from Tuesday, October 28, 2025

     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 (Jackson), Trogle.         Sharon was raised in Nevada and Lamar and graduated from Nevada High School Class of 1964. ...

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 Executive Officer Jason McCormick read a letter from the organization assisting NRMC with the application...