Stories from Wednesday, January 11, 2023

The Vernon County Commission continued to work on the county budget Tuesday afternoon in the Vernon County Courthouse. Northern Commissioner Cindy Thompson noted that they were working on the Road and Bridge budget on Tuesday, with newly elected Presiding Commissioner Joe Wilson adding that they would be focusing on some of the smaller bridges in the county this year. ...

The Nevada Lady Varsity Tigers took on the East Newton Lady Patriots Monday evening, Jan. 9. The Lady Tigers inched their way by scoring one extra point over the Lady Patriots, with the score 9-8 at the end of the first quarter. The following Lady Tigers scored: Clara Swearingen scored 8, with Abbey Heathman scoring a free throw...

Helen Virginia Normand, age 83, Pittsburg, Kan., formerly of Arma, passed away on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg. She was born Sept. 7, 1939, at the family home north of Nevada, Mo. The youngest of three children born to James and Cornelia Tapp Rutledge, she was raised in Vernon County. ...

John Edmond Smith, age 78, of Bosworth, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, at Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield, Mo. He was born to Leland and Dorothy (May) Smith on June 17, 1944, at the family home in Walker, Mo. On March 16, 1984, John married Janet Ellis in Clinton, Mo...

Alfred Lester Nichols, 82, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, at Medicalodges, in Nevada, following a brief illness. Lester was born Nov. 19, 1940, in Nevada, to Alfred W. and Louella M. (Wright) Nichols. He married Rosetta Mae Owens on May 18, 1960, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

The Long-Term Care (LTC) Board met in session Tuesday evening in the hospital's Mezzanine conference room. The main item on the agenda was the financial review and discussion of Nevada Regional Medical Center's (NRMC) intercompany plan. During a special session held last week, the NRMC Board of Directors notified the LTC Board that the hospital would no longer fund LTC intercompany expenses. ...