Stories from Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Nancy Jill (Henley) Schmidt, 70, most recently of Star Valley, Ariz., passed away in Scottsdale, Ariz., on May 7, 2022. She was born Feb. 5, 1952, in Oklahoma City, Okla., the daughter of Everett Bruce and Hara Jane (Franis) Henley. She married Steven Howard Schmidt, and he survives of the home...

Services for Lorna Jean Ball, 89, Lawrence, will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. She died May 14, 2022 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community in Lawrence...

The deadline for candidates to file for the November general election, as well as to change party affiliation prior to the primary election, is noon June 1. Bourbon County positions that will be on the ballot are County Commission District No. 1, County Clerk, County Attorney, Township Clerk, Precinct Committeemen and Committeewomen. There will also be a Constitutional amendment questions on the ballot, according to information from County Clerk Ashley Shelton...

Mayor Kevin “Skitch” Allen announced his resignation from the Fort Scott City Commission Monday night. His resignation was not accepted. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

Bourbon County Commissioner Clifton Beth provided some highlights of a recently-completed health care feasibility study, as well as his thoughts on the county’s next steps during Tuesday’s commission meeting. Beth discussed the study, which is several hundred pages long and broken up into two sections – a Bourbon County hospital feasibility assessment, and a Bourbon County hospital building assessment. Beth said he just received the documents Tuesday morning...

The USD 234 Board of Education has chosen Fort Scott native Destry Brown as the district’s next superintendent. Following an executive session to discuss non-elected personnel matters during a special meeting Monday evening, the board approved the hiring of Brown, who will take the reins on July 1 after current superintendent Ted Hessong’s resignation takes effect June 30...

Gerald E. Bradbury, 86, of Redfield, Kan., passed away Monday evening May 9, 2022, at his home. He was born Sept. 3, 1935, in Emporia, Kan., the son of William Lewis and Vyrel Vayden (Yenzer) Bradbury. He married Betty Marie Lucas on March 2, 1954, in Fort Scott, Kan. She preceded him in death on June 25, 2021...