Stories from Friday, March 6, 2020

Brenda Carol Meyer, age 62, of Mound City, Kan., passed away March 5, 2020 at her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 am Monday, March 9, 2020 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Mound City. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. ...

The Uniontown Lady Eagles fought hard but were ultimately defeated by the St. Mary’s Colgan Panthers 51-38 in the second round of the Class 2A Girls Sub-State Thursday night in Yates Center. Danielle Howard scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds, four assists and two steals. ...

Tammi Lynn Allison, 59, resident of Springfield, Mo., died March 4, 2020, at the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Mo. Services will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel.

Brenda Carol Meyer, age 62, of Mound City, Kan., passed away March 5, 2020 at her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 9, 2020 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Mound City. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. ...

The 28th Annual Bourbon County Arts Council Fine Arts Exhibit is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College campus. A reception was held Thursday evening for artists and the juror...

The USD 234 Board of Education voted Monday to move forward with refinancing a portion of the district’s general obligation bonds issued in 2014 for the $40.8 million school bond projects approved that year. The board unanimously approved a resolution for taxable general obligation refunding bonds, Series 2020, which authorizes the “sale, issuance and delivery of taxable general obligation refunding bonds … for the purpose of providing funds to refund a portion of the issuer’s outstanding general obligation bonds.”. ...

USD 234 Superintendent Ted Hessong, left, is recognized during Monday’s meeting of the USD 234 Board of Education as board member Gary Billionis looks on. Hessong visited the Fort Scott Preschool Center Monday morning to read a Dr. Seuss story to students. ...