Stories from Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Florence Barbara Long, age 101, a resident of Plano, Texas, died Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at the T Boone Pickens Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Dallas, Texas. Rev. Chuck Russell will conduct funeral services at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 16 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the U.S. National Cemetery. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

The USD 234 Board of Education has filled the final vacant administrative position in the district prior to the start of the 2022-23 school year. On Monday, the board approved the transfer of Nick Johnson, currently a teacher at Fort Scott Middle School, to the position of principal at the Fort Scott Preschool Center for the 2022-23 school year. The board also approved Johnson’s resignation as an assistant football and basketball coach at the middle school for the upcoming school year...

Staffing issues have forced changes to be made at the Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center, including a transfer of inmates to other facilities. Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin and BCLEC Major Bobby Reed took concerns to the Bourbon County Commission on Tuesday. Martin and Reed said several recent resignations have dropped the number of correctional officers to eight...