Stories from Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Online pay-per-view event to be held in Branson, Mo., July 20

Billie Gayle Johnson, age 66, former resident of the Highrise Apartments, died Saturday, July 06, 2013, at Fort Scott Manor. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Cheney Witt Chapel. Following visitation, there will be cremation with burial at a later date in Evergreen Cemetery. ...

Eldene Ellington, age 64, of Moran, Kan., passed away Saturday, July 6, 2013 at the Moran Manor Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 1, 1949 at Moran, Kan., the daughter of Eldon and Mildred (Hultz) Ellington. Eldene moved to the Moran Manor in 1973, living there until her passing...

Alice Fay Hardwick, 76, of Iola, Kan., passed away Sunday, July 7, 2013, at her home. Fay was born Jan. 10, 1937, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Henry H. and Josephine Alice (Thurston) Fawcett. The family moved to Washington state before returning to Fort Scott when she was 12...

Fort Scott police had their hands full over the holiday weekend with a variety of incidents ranging from the common fender bender to an aggravated assault that led to a narcotics investigation. Fort Scott Police Department Capt. Shaun West said police officers responded about 9:19 a.m. Friday to a residence at 623 S. Little St., on a report of a disturbance between two family members...

During Monday's regular meeting, Bourbon County Commissioners defended two recent moves that approved a raise for County Appraiser Judy Wallis and realigned the Public Works Department. Jerrod Handly asked commissioners why a raise was approved for Wallis, who was reappointed on July 1, when commissioners passed Resolution 20-13. The resolution increased the annual salary of County Assessor Judy Wallis from $59,916.32 to $61,916.32. She also will receive a 2 percent increase through 2017...

New information released Monday by auditor Terry Sercer, of Diehl, Banwart and Bolton CPAs, paints a little clearer picture into a months-long Kansas Bureau of Investigation probe into alleged missing funds from 2012 at the Bourbon County Clerks office...

Contestants brought their ponies from southeast Kansas and Oklahoma to compete in Saturday's pony pull at Mapleton.