Stories from Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Jerry Ray Heckman Sr., 70, formerly of Fort Scott and most recently of Pryor, Okla., passed away in Tulsa Monday morning, June 2, 2014. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Katherine Lenora Hammar, age 82, resident of Tulsa, Okla., died Saturday, May 31, 2014, at St. Johns Medical Center in Tulsa. She was born Sept. 10, 1931, in Lone Elm, Kan., the daughter of Harold and Eleanor Hargus Frazier. She graduated from Kincaid High School then received her degree as a Registered Nurse from Hays, Kan. ...

Dolores Sherwood Bolden, age 96, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, June 1, 2014, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott.She was born Feb. 26, 1918, in Maney, Kan., the daughter of Robert Lee Roy and Laura Mae Toynton Roy. She married Loren Theodore Bolden on Nov. 23, 1946. He preceded her in death on Nov. 18, 1968. Dolores enjoyed collecting marbles, playing the harmonica, fishing, cooking and traveling. She was a member of the Fort Scott Church of the Nazarene...

Gertrude "Trudy" Marie Harness Blevins died May 2, 2014 with her family by her side in Reyno, Ark. She was 79 years old. She was born June 16, 1934 in Montrose, Mo., Her father, Glenn William Harness was a store owner, known as Harness Grocery, and a farmer in Stotesbury, Mo., and her mother Ellen Alzere Fisher Harness was a retired school teacher...

A new John Deere wheel loader joined the fleet of equipment for the Bourbon County Public Works Department Monday. On May 19, Roads and Bridges Director Jim Harris reported the county's loader used at the asphalt plant had to be taken out of service because of a chronic brake issue. ...

Fort Scott Police Department officers have apprehended a suspect in an alleged rape case and are investigating a separate incident allegedly involving rape, police said Monday. About 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Fort Scott police took into custody Carl Eugene Cook, 54, on arrest warrants charging him with criminal threat, indecent liberties with a child and possession of opiates/opium/narcotic drugs and certain stimulants, rape and use or possession of drug paraphernalia on the human body, according to reports from the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office.. ...

Officers with the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office apprehended a local woman who caused a disturbance at various locations throughout the county on Friday. About 2 p.m., BCSO officers took into custody 59-year-old Betty Ilene Bradbury for charges of assault and battery, two counts of misdemeanor criminal damage to property, and disorderly conduct; brawling or fighting...

Bourbon County officials have recently discovered a piece of history and decided to put the artifact on display. On Friday, Bourbon County Emergency Manger Will Wallis, Deputy Emergency Manager Shane Walker and Historic Preservation of Bourbon County member Jim Pitts visited the historic MK&T freight depot located near the corner of Wall Street and Scott Avenue to move a piece of history out of storage and on display...

WICHITA -- Fort Scott High School senior Katren Rienbolt finished second in the Class 4A girls' 1,600-meter run at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships here Saturday while teammate Cassidy Westhoff finished fourth. Rienbolt was attempting to defend State titles in both this and Friday's 3,200-meter run but came up short. Rienbolt, who qualified for State in at least one event all four years, finished fourth in the longer race while Westhoff, a sophomore, placed third...