Stories from Friday, March 11, 2016

Bourbon County Commissioners learned Tuesday some statements made during a March 10 public meeting to discuss the jail project were inaccurate. Space was not added to accommodate an emergency operation center, as having an area to accommodate for emergency operations has always been part of the plan, Bourbon County Emergency Manager William Wallis and Sheriff Bill Martin said...

The Bourbon County Arts Council opened the 24th annual Fine Arts Exhibit and Sale with a reception honoring the artists and juror Wednesday night in the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center. Artists from Kansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Vermont have their artwork on display during the multimedia exhibit...

Representatives from several local organizations met Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott for a Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) meeting to address several upcoming full-scale emergency exercises. The group conducts a meeting every other month...

Fort Scott Community College sophomores Kamiron Luptak and Kayleigh Haggard recently received post-season honors from the coaches in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference and Region VI-Division II. Luptak was named to the Second Team by both conference and Region VI coaches. ...

Fort Scott Community College softball managed only a split with the visiting Oklahoma Wesleyan junior varsity at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Thursday, winning game one 6-4 but dropping the nightcap 11-8. The Greyhounds (9-10) got their first 3 runs of the opener in the bottom of the first inning. ...

On the evening of March 9, 2016, Frances passed away peacefully. She was being cared for at the Olathe Health Center Hospice House in Olathe, Kan., at the time of her passing. She was 83 years old. Gwendolyn Frances Parker was born in Drake's Creek, Ark., on June 11, 1932. She was the middle child, and the second daughter, of Leta Clair Drake and Nolan Henry Parker...

Wade Vernon Harriger, age 59, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, March 7, 2016, at Mercy Hospital of Fort Scott. He was born on Feb. 23, 1957, in Pawhuska, Okla., the son of Frank and Lois Wadsworth Harriger. He graduated from Pawhuska High School. ...

Adrian Robinson, age 99, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at Vintage Park Ottawa, Kan. Funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 14, 2016 at the Blue Mound Federated Church. Burial will be in the Sunny Slope Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the Church. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel...