Stories from Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Charles E. Hull, age 81, a resident of Ft Scott, Kan., passed away Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born Nov. 28, 1940, in Fort Scott, the son of James I. Hull and Ruby Terrill Hull. Charles was a man of honor, integrity and dignity. ...

Sister Mary Concetta Cardinale, 98, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in St. Louis, Mo. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Bourbon County Counselor Justin Meeks recapped a recent delinquent tax sale for county commissioners on Tuesday. Meeks said the tax sale, which took place Thursday in the lobby of the Bourbon County Courthouse, “went really well.” He said the county appraiser’s office, county treasurer’s office and county register of deeds office each helped with the sale, in which 79 parcels were up for bid...

Fort Scott City Commissioners discussed the future of properties the land bank obtained during the county tax sale held Thursday. On Tuesday evening, Robert Harrington, Bourbon County Regional Economic Development, Inc., director, reported 14 properties not sold went into the land bank...