Stories from Tuesday, July 7, 2020

TOPEKA — Governor Laura Kelly Tuesday announced that her administration, and officials with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, recommend that most local communities again do not move into Phase Out of “Ad Astra: A Plan to Reopen Kansas” at this time, and instead stay in Phase 3...

Jimmie Allan Wier, age 83, Mapleton, Kan., passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2020. There will be a graveside service for Mr. Wier at 11 a.m., Saturday, July 11, 2020 at Mapleton Cemetery. A visitation will be on Friday, July 10, 2020 at Schneider Funeral Home, Mound City Chapel from 3 to 5 p.m. ...

Roy Allen Miller, age 78, Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2020. A graveside funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 12, 2020 at the Benjamin Cemetery, Amoret, Mo. Contributions may be made to a charity of your choice. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel...

William Herbert Kruse, 82 of Hepler, Kan., passed away at 2:30 a.m., Friday, July 3, 2020, at his residence in rural Hepler. Obituary details may be viewed at www.wallfuneralservices.com

Verdon Howard Dauben, age 82, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., went to meet his Lord and Savior Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He was born May 13, 1938, in Fort Scott, the son of Howard Dauben and Edith Stephan Dauben. ...

Bourbon County Commissioners and a small group of citizens held a lengthy discussion Tuesday about the effectiveness of wearing masks in public to help slow the spread of COVID-19 after a recent increase in positive cases. Commissioner Jeff Fischer said he recently received an email from Rebecca Watson, an emergency physician at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center and the medical director for the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Departments. ...

City Commissioners on Tuesday voted to allow the fee for the aquatic center to include two hours of swimming – unless changes occur with local coronavirus pandemic restrictions. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

Bourbon County has a total of 37 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases since testing began, Bourbon County Public Health Officer Rebecca Johnson said Tuesday. The county has 22 current positive cases, one presumptive case, 14 current recovered cases, and one death, according to a weekly update released Monday by the health department...

Bourbon County Commissioners and a small group of citizens held a lengthy discussion Tuesday about the effectiveness of wearing masks in public to help slow the spread of COVID-19 after a recent increase in positive cases. Commissioner Jeff Fischer said he recently received an email from Rebecca Watson, an emergency physician at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center and the medical director for the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Departments. ...