Stories from Wednesday, October 3, 2018

In a press release issued on Monday, Oct. 1, citing declining patient numbers and shrinking reimbursement, Fort Scott’s Mercy Hospital announced the facility will be closed by the end of 2018. The decision to close the facility was made following the exploration of options for keeping hospital services in the community. The closure will include all inpatient services, the emergency department and ambulatory surgery...

A regular session of the City Council of Nevada was held in the council’s chambers Tuesday, Oct. 2. Mayor Brian Leonard called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. Council members Carol Clyde-Gallagher, Blake Hertzberg, Lyndon Eberhard, and Brian Leonard were in attendance. Council member Ryan Watts was absent due to a Cross Country meet and was excused...

Above: A recognition ceremony was held prior to the Nevada Youth Football League’s sixth-grade home contest Saturday at Logan Field. The “No Fear Jack” ceremony was in recognition of Jack Spangler, a sports enthusiast, who passed away tragically in 2015 at the age of 8...

Earl L. “Buster” Rogers, 95, of Nevada, Mo., passed away Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, following a brief illness. Earl was born Dec. 3, 1922, in Mulvane, Kan., to E.N. and Leona (Harmon) Rogers. He was united in marriage to Marjorie L. Josepeit on Jan. 24, 1945, in Goodland, Kan., and she preceded him in death on Sept. 23, 2013...

In a press release issued on Monday, Oct. 1, citing declining patient numbers and shrinking reimbursement, Fort Scott’s Mercy Hospital announced the facility will be closed by the end of 2018. The decision to close the facility was made following the exploration of options for keeping hospital services in the community. The closure will include all inpatient services, the emergency department and ambulatory surgery...

A regular session of the City Council of Nevada was held in the council’s chambers Tuesday, Oct. 2. Mayor Brian Leonard called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. Council members Carol Clyde-Gallagher, Blake Hertzberg, Lyndon Eberhard, and Brian Leonard were in attendance. Council member Ryan Watts was absent due to a Cross Country meet and was excused...

Some 75 people gathered on Tuesday to learn about the seven ballot measures on the Nov. 6 ballot. Providing information and answering questions from 12-1 p.m. at the Franklin P. Norman City/County Community Center were two representatives from the Missouri Secretary of State’s office and a retired superintendent of the Missouri State Patrol...