Stories from Friday, August 2, 2019

Marjorie Bowen, 91, passed away Friday, Aug. 2, at Spring Hill. Services will be announced by Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott.

Nearly 30 people attended a meeting to discuss economic development in Bourbon County. The meeting, held Tuesday evening as part of the Bourbon County Commission meeting at the courthouse, was led by Bourbon County Economic Development Director Jody Hoener...

The love, bond and faith shared by Wilbur and Mae Mowen are as strong as the day the couple got married 75 years ago. “We’ve loved each other through the years, even when we had some ups and down,” Wilbur said. “We knew it was God who could lift us out.”...