Stories from Friday, March 24, 2017

Noel Grace Belcher, 3-month-old daughter of Dustin Belcher and Jordan Cowlishaw, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at Fort Scott, Kan. She was born Dec. 13, 2016, in Fort Scott. She was a happy little girl who always lit up when around her family...

Walter Richard (Dick) Schubert, 70, of Aldrich, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Springfield, Mo. Dick was born in Fort Scott, Kan., on Sept. 3, 1946 to Ira Edward and Doris Elizabeth (Likely) Schubert. He is preceded in death by his parents, his sister; Ruth (Schubert) Keith and his brothers; Jim, John, and Gary...

Jessie Geraldine Coonrod, 94, passed away on March 23, 2017 at Via Christi Village in Pittsburg, Kan. Geraldine was born Feb. 20, 1923 in Fort Scott, Kan., to William Arthur and Bessie (Conner) Parker. She was united in marriage to Jack Coonrod on July 18, 1941 in Fort Scott and he preceded her in death on Feb. 16, 1982...

Gary Eugene Eaton, age 69, a resident of Fort Scott died Friday, March 24, 2017, at his home. Funeral services for Gary Eaton will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

A waste tire amnesty program is now underway in Bourbon County. Because the program is funded with a nearly $11,000 grant from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Waste Management, individuals will not have to pay any fee for tire disposal...

City officials are looking at a proposal that would bring a new redevelopment district to town. At their Tuesday meeting, Fort Scott City Commissioners are scheduled to consider a resolution concerning the advisability of creating a redevelopment district at 2322 S. Main St. The building on the property most recently housed Woods Supermarket until the business closed in late 2016...

Cases of the mumps disease are popping up all across Kansas, but to date none have been reported in Bourbon County, officials said. "I'm thankful to say there are not any in our county or none reported by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment," Bourbon County Public Health Nurse Alice Maffett said Wednesday. "There's a lot of activity in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma."...