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The former '90s smash hit TV series Unsolved Mysteries is receiving a fresh reboot from Netflix, and will be available for streaming July 1. Included among the first batch of episodes is a 2004 cold case, in which a black man went missing after attending a house party in La Cygne, Kansas, Linn County, a town located 50 miles northwest of Nevada, and 30 miles straight north of Fort Scott...

The Vernon County Youth Fair Royalty competition held its annual judging at 2 p.m., Sunday, June 28, at the Vernon County Courthouse. The girls enjoyed visiting with each other while enjoying snacks and cookies. The contestants voted on whom they would like to see awarded Miss Congeniality during the event...

The Nevada Regional Medical Center Board of Directors met via teleconference at noon, Tuesday. The main item on the agenda was the NRMC Budget for fiscal year 2021, which was unanimously passed by the board. The fiscal year 2021 NRMC budget is projected to generate a $1,447,225 operating income. The budget projects a $1,358,154 increase in cash not adjusting for potential CARES Act funding repayments...

Vernon County Health Department has confirmed another positive case of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) bringing the total confirmed cases to 18. This case is symptomatic and is currently hospitalized. The family of this case is quarantined at home per CDC guidelines...

The Vernon County Health Department has confirmed four additional positive cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) bringing the county's total positive cases to 17. The first three additional cases were announced on Wednesday and are not related to one another. They are asymptomatic and are isolated at home. The latest case was announced Thursday and is symptomatic and isolated at home...

Nevada Speedway is slated to pay tribute to former racer Karl Lin 'Screamin' Lehmann, 7 p.m. tonight, with the Street Stock Memorial Event. Lehmann, a well-known local mechanic and race car drive, tragically passed away on Christmas Day six months ago...

Nevada Regional Medical Center (NRMC) held its 17th Annual Caring with Pride Golf Classic fundraiser event — Friday at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. All proceeds from the event went to the hospital's recently established Emergency Response Fund — for employees to utilize during the COVID-19 pandemic...