Stories from Friday, February 26, 2021

Janet Lynne New Keating, 70, went to be with her Lord Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. She passed away at her home in Bucyrus, Kan., after a prolonged illness. Daughter of Thomas Beauford New and Lora Irene Hewitt New, she was born March 14, 1950 in Fort Scott, Kan., and grew up in Mound City, Kan., graduating from Mound City High School with the class of 1968. ...

Advance voting at the courthouse began Monday, Feb. 22. and will end at noon Monday, March 1. Voting hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Bourbon County. Commission meeting room on the first floor of the courthouse. This election is for voters residing in the city limits of Fort Scott...

County officials held discussion Tuesday on procedures for county road closures as research is being conducted into county records from more than 30 years ago. During the Bourbon County Commission meeting, county resident and landowner Jesse Walker informed commissioners he had learned county officials were reviewing road closures and he “wanted clarification.” Walker also posed several questions to commissioners and County Counselor Justin Meeks...

Fort Scott Community College will continue to not allow use of college facilities by outside groups through July 31 after action Monday by the FSCC Board of Trustees. During their meeting, Board Chairman John Bartelsmeyer read a document titled “FSCC’s Role in the Public Health Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” which outlines the college’s policy for campus events and community meetings...

Margaret “Peg” Thorpe, age 73, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, at the Girard Medical Center in Girard, Kan. She was born Nov. 7, 1947, in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of John Howard Raftery and Margaret Montgomery Raftery. ...