Stories from Friday, March 19, 2021

Judith, better known as Judy, Miller Franken, formerly of Fort Scott, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, of cancer at the Johanniter Krankenhaus (a hospital) in Bonn, Germany. She was born Sept. 1, 1938 in Fort Scott, Kan. She was the daughter of Henry Blonn Miller, Sr., and Ethys (May) Miller, who used to run the feedstore Miller Feed and Oil on Wall Street (which is now run by Henry Blonn Candy Miller, Jr., and Geoffrey Southwell). ...

Bourbon County officials plan to take a deeper look at the feasibility of moving the city of Fort Scott offices to the Bourbon County Courthouse. City and county officials have continued preliminary discussions on ways to share space and services, with a goal of saving taxpayer dollars...

The Bourbon County Economic Development Council, Inc., hosted a meet-and-greet for Mark Vaux, candidate for BEDCO’s economic development director position, Thursday evening at the River Room event center. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story...

A familiar face will return to provide services to the city of Fort Scott. On Tuesday, city commissioners voted 3-2 to terminate the contract for legal services with Lauber Municipal Law of Lee’s Summit, Mo., and enter into a contract with Bob Farmer of Fort Scott...