Stories from Friday, July 14, 2017

Sandra Louise Dudley, 82, of Fort Scott, passed away Friday morning, July 14, 2017 at her home. Arrangements will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Patricia Ann Burrous, 76 of Fulton, Kan., passed away July 14, 2017 at Prescott Country View Nursing Home in Prescott, Kan. Cremation with private family inurnment services to be held at a later date. Arrangements entrusted to the Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler ((660) 679-0009). Memorial contributions are suggested in lieu of flowers to the Fulton Community Center. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuner-alhome.com...

Lucille Ann Lowe, 83, passed away at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City on July 6, 2017. “Lucy” was born Aug. 10, 1933 in Overbrook, Kan., to Frederick and Ada (Bird) Ward. She was preceded in death by brothers Roy, Raymond, Louis and Larry, as well as sisters Mary and Opal...

Roger Duane Ranes, age 83, a resident of Moran, Kan., died Thursday, July 13, 2017, at the Franklin House in Fort Scott, Kan. Roger was born Aug. 23, 1933, in Coffeyville, Kan., the son of Homer L. Ranes and Alma C. Cushman Ranes. He graduated from Leroy High School. ...

Regina Branch Jackson, 83, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away early Monday morning, June 19, 2017, in Oklahoma City. She was born Feb. 1, 1934 in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Thomas Pettus and Mary (Moore) Branch. She married Robert Eugene Jackson March 9, 1952 in Fort Scott, Kan., and he survives of the home...

Local school districts are preparing budgets and planning operations for next school year as they await a Kansas Supreme Court decision on a new school funding bill. Superintendents at USD 234 in Fort Scott and USD 235 in Uniontown said their districts are expected to receive additional funding through Senate Bill 19, legislation passed by the Kansas Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback in June...

A project being funded with a $350,000 Kansas Department of Transportation High Risk Rural Roads Grant awarded in 2014 is still not underway. On Tuesday, Public Works Director Jim Harris presented commissioners with a change order to include a cross road pipe – a culvert that was overlooked in the construction plan...

The National Junior College Athletic Association released a list of All-Academic honors in each sport is sponsors earlier this week. A total of 33 Fort Scott Community College athletes received honors. The NJCAA awards First Team honors to all athletes who maintained a 4.0 grade-point average in the academic year. Second Team honors go to those who averaged between 3.80 and 3.99. Those who post a GPA between 3.60 and 3.79 receive Third Team All-Academic status...