King City Manor to Close

The Tri-County News reported in its August 30th edition that as of Tuesday, August 28th, the King City Manor Board, an advisory board for the facility, was trying to find ways to keep it open. However, multiple sources told the Sheridan Express Thursday that it was a done deal and that King City Manor was going to close. King City Manor is owned by Milrose Capital out of New York City. They retain a firm out of St. Louis to operate the facility.

Kelly Summa, Administrator at Worth County Care & Rehab, said that they would hire staff from there to fill some open positions. She said they would bring in a few residents from King City Manor.
King City Manor is the second facility in the area to close this year. One of two facilities in Bethany closed as well. In the case of the Bethany facility, they were both owned by the same corporate chain, who wanted to consolidate operations.

A few years ago, the Albany facility, also owned by a corporate chain, closed. This means that there is one skilled care facility left in Gentry County, in Stanberry.

This year, state regulators have been cracking down hard on sprinkler systems, which are expensive to put in or repair given the equipment and plumbing costs. Summa said that when the state inspected the Worth County Care & Rehab Center in July, they passed Worth County’s sprinkler system.