Stories from Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Duane John Kliewer, 88, of Omaha, Neb., died peacefully at home on June 15, 2022. He was born in Santanta, Kan., on Feb. 15, 1934, to John and Esther Kliewer. Duane graduated from Lawrence High in 1952 and went on to play football for a junior college before proudly serving in the U.S. Navy for four years. During his service, he was stationed on the USS Forrestal and was also a Navy boxer...

Derrick Wayne Johnson, age 40, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan.,, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Fort Scott. He was born March 2, 1982, in Fort Scott, the son of Robert Michael Johnson and Linda Linnett Boyd Johnson. Derrick graduated from the Fort Scott High School with the Class of 2000. ...

Joseph Ross Clary, age 81, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at his home. He was born June 22, 1940, on the family farm east of Garland, Kan., the son of Noah Frederick Clary and Lois Vivian Thurman Clary. Joe received his early education at a rural school near Garland. ...

Ruth G. (Facklam) Clark passed away peacefully on the morning of June 15, 2022 at the age of 96 at the Olathe Hospice House. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe Chapel. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at West Liberty United Methodist Church, Fulton, Kan., followed by burial in the West Liberty Cemetery...

The defendant in a 2021 double-murder case was bound over for arraignment Tuesday morning in Bourbon County District Court. Although Tuesday’s proceeding was initially set as a preliminary hearing, Robert Myers, the attorney for Dawson James Mitchell, informed Bourbon County District Judge Mark Ward that after conversations with the defendant, Mitchell planned to waive his right to a preliminary examination...

The Fort Scott City Commission agreed it might be best to build a new shower facility instead of renovating the existing shelter house at Lake Fort Scott. Parks Superintendent Doug Guns said the Smart Growth Committee, a branch of the Lake Fort Scott Advisory Board, has recommended constructing a new showerhouse, as it is believed it would be more economical than retrofitting the cinder block building...