Stories from Thursday, December 30, 2021

Stacy Annette Murrow, age 49, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. She was born in Fort Scott, Kan., on Oct. 23, 1972 the daughter of John Dean and Betty Jean Spillman Murrow. Stacy graduated from Jayhawk-Linn High School. While participating as a Jayhawk, Stacy set records in track and basketball. ...

The following is a sampling of stories that made headlines in 2021. Health care study In July, city and county leaders signed off on an agreement with Noble Health Corporation of Kansas City, Mo., for a study to determine the feasibility of bringing a hospital back to Bourbon County...

Bond was set and another hearing was scheduled for the defendant in a double murder case Thursday morning in Bourbon County District Court. Dawson James Mitchell, 23, faces two counts of premeditated first-degree murder, among other charges, according to the criminal complaint filed Wednesday in Bourbon County District Court. Bourbon County District Judge Mark Ward set Mitchell’s bond at $1 million cash or surety during a first appearance on Thursday...

Jessie D. Burkett, age 58, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, Kan. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the Jessie Burkett memorial fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Dorothy L. Marks, age 83, a former resident of Ozark, Mo., more recently of Fort Scott, Kan., died early Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2021, in Fort Scott. Dorothy was born on July 18, 1938, in Corydon, Iowa, to Godfrey “Nick” and Olive Marks, the youngest of five children: Dallas, Eleanor, Jeanne, and Maxine...

Mary Irene “Sug” Beckford, 90, formerly of Fulton, Kan., passed away Thursday morning, Dec. 23, 2021, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kan. She was born Feb. 13, 1931, in Devon, Kan., the daughter of George Franklin and Mary Elizabeth (Townsend) Snyder. She married Charles L. Beckford on Aug. 27, 1950, in Fulton, Kan., and he preceded her in death on Oct. 19, 2008...

Elfie Marie Schnichels, age 95, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, at Guest Home Estates in Ft. Scott. She was born July 27, 1926, in Shidler, Okla., the daughter of Garrett Lawrence Schnichels and Lillian Oriole Reasoner. She graduated from Fort Scott High School, then attended Fort Scott Community College, obtaining 18 credit hours. ...

Nichole “Colie” Kai Hull, loving mother, wife, daughter, and sister left this world suddenly Tuesday morning, Dec. 28, 2021, at the very young age of 30. She was born Oct. 31, 1991, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Richard Lee Webb and Mickie Roiann Phillips. She married Justin Hull April 8, 2011, in Miami, Okla., and he survives of the home...