Stories from Friday, March 8, 2019

Another date was set Friday morning in Bourbon County District Court in the case of a Kansas City, Kan., man facing seven felony counts, including two counts of attempted murder in the first degree. During a “no-go” preliminary hearing for Shawn Thomas Keating, 38, Bourbon County Magistrate Judge Valorie Leblanc granted a request from defense attorney W. Scott Toth, an Olathe lawyer, for a 30-day continuance of the case...

Fort Scott Director of Finance Rhonda Dunn highlighted some aspects of the city’s finances during Tuesday’s meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission. Dunn explained the city’s debt and provided commissioners and attendees of the meeting with documents showing the city’s general obligation debt and sources of debt, as well as the time frame for each item of debt...

The Bourbon County Arts Council 27th Annual Fine Arts Exhibit and Sale got underway Thursday at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College campus. The public was invited to an artists' reception Thursday evening, when Cathleen Gordon, juror, met with artists and discussed winning exhibits...