Stories from Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Mayor Harold Walters called the Monday evening Walker Board of Aldermen meeting to order after the council enjoyed a celebratory cake in honor of council board members Mike and Kathy Newman. The two celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary on May 22...

The Nevada Regional Medical Center Board of Directors met in regular session Tuesday evening. Starting off the meeting, Chief Executive Officer Jason Anglin gave his administrative report. Anglin noted that the hospital's bond days of cash have decreased from 21.1 in March to 17.3 in April. ...

Joanne Antoinette Ronchetto Phelps, 84, was born Jan. 17, 1939, and passed away on May 14, 2023, from a several-year-long battle with cancer. Known by her friends and family as Joey and Aunt Joey to her many nieces and nephews, she grew up on a family farm in Macon, Mo. ...

Patsy Ann (Campbell) Bland, 84, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. Patsy was born Nov. 6, 1938, in Moundville, Mo., to Howard J. and Glady I. (Hall) Campbell. She was united in marriage to Gene E. “Skip” Bland on Sept. 7, 1958, in Bronaugh, Mo., and he preceded her in death in 1987...