Stories from Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Thomas Ward Davis, age 67, died Monday, June 22, 2015, at Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. He was born March 11, 1948, in Fort Scott, the son of Thomas Warren Davis and E. Birdean Ward Davis. Tom was a 1966 graduate of Fort Scott High School. He attended Fort Scott Community College prior to receiving his Bachelor and Master Degrees from Pittsburg State University. ...

Bourbon County Commissioners learned Tuesday through the results of a recent data comparison that Bourbon County is lagging behind several other Kansas counties in terms of county employee salaries. During their Tuesday meeting, commissioners heard a report from The Austin Peters Group Inc., of Overland Park, which conducted the survey...