Stories from Wednesday, December 16, 2015

The day of Dec. 8, 2015, will live in our hearts forever as the day "Mom's" spirit took flight with her birds she fed and watched daily. DeAnna Faye Sellars, 74, left her worldly body at her home in Metz, Mo., surrounded by her loved ones. She was born in Iowa City, Iowa, and grew up in the Ottawa-Lawrence, Kan., area. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The registered nursing shortage has led to new ways of recruiting nurses at Nevada Regional Medical Center, as well as attempting to alleviate pressures for active nurses who may burn out quickly. Candi Dahmer, a human resources recruiter for NRMC, said advertising and recruiting has had to change in order to lure nursing graduates to their hospital, instead of losing them to hospitals in Joplin or Kansas City...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council voted 3-2 to defeat a general ordinance to regulate where people could smoke in the city of Nevada after a lengthy and sometimes impassioned discussion during Tuesday's night's council meeting. Lance Christi, Blake Hertzberg and Ryan Watts voted no and Jayne Novak and Brian Leonard voted yes...