Stories from Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Juanita Maxine Fredericksen, 92, of Fort Scott, Kan., died June 17, 2019, at KU Medical Center. Juanita was born Feb. 14, 1927, in Neodesha, Kan., to her parents, Walter and Pearl (Sage) Murken. She married Walter Fredericksen on Feb. 14, 1953, in Neodesha, Kan. ...

Roger Kent Lee, age 67, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Saturday, June 15, 2019, at the Citizens Memorial Health Care in Bolivar, Mo. He was born Sept. 23, 1951, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Frank James Lee and Mary Virginia Sheehy Lee. ...

The Bourbon County Commissioners learned Tuesday the county sustained more than enough damage to meet the required limit for state and federal public disaster assistance. The county’s threshold for qualifying for public assistance is $57,000. After viewing a handful of damaged areas, the preliminary total is $366,592.47 and Bourbon County Emergency Manager Williams Wallis expects that amount to double when all damage is counted...

USD 234 administrators on Tuesday received feedback and provided more data on a proposed policy for drug testing students at Fort Scott Middle School and Fort Scott High School. A few citizens turned out Tuesday morning in the FSHS commons area for a “community conversation” led by FSHS Principal Amber Toth. School officials said a proposed policy is meant to be a proactive approach to addressing drugs in schools, as well as a support program providing resources for parents and students...

As they have done for the last four years, the Hudicek-Ashwill family have hosted a rest and information stop at Time Station 30 of the annual Race Across America bicycle race. Riders in the annual coast-to-coast bicycle race began passing through Fort Scott late Saturday night and were expected to come through in waves over the next few days. The solo riders were to pass through first, with teams of two, four and eight riders arriving later in the week...