Stories from Friday, October 13, 2017

Dorothy C. Coffeen, age 100, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Wednesday Oct. 11, 2017 at Prescott Country View. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 16, 2017 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Burial will be in the Woodland Cemetery. ...

Robert “Bob” Rudkin, 94, passed away Oct. 6, 2017 in Wichita. Bob was born March 4, 1923 to Samuel and Marion (Collins) Rudkin at home in Fort Scott, Kan., the youngest of four boys and three girls. He graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1941, attended Fort Scott Junior College for three semesters, served in the U.S. ...

The trumpet of the Lord sounded on Oct. 11, 2017, for Arlo Weldon Eden. On that day, he answered the call and claimed his mansion built for him. He was born on July 19, 1929, in Hugoton, Kan., the son of Jess and Ruth (McCarter) Eden. He graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1947, and married Ernestine Horning on Nov. ...

The Bourbon County Commissioners remain undecided about when Eagle Road between U.S. Highway 69 and Garland will be overlaid with asphalt. On Tuesday, commissioners met with George Collinge, Dana Arens, and James Ramsey, Garland residents, who asked about the status of the road, locally known as the Garland Road...

This year’s Gordon Parks Choice of Weapons Award recipient is credited for being an example of using education as her choice of weapon. Bernadette Gray-Little, former University of Kansas chancellor, was honored Thursday evening during the 14th Annual Gordon Parks Celebration Tribute Dinner held at Liberty Theatre...