Stories from Friday, August 12, 2022

Dean Brown, age 91, a resident of Fulton, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan. He was born Oct. 7, 1930, in Uniontown, Kan., the son of Durward “Duke” Brown and Pearl Ballah Brown. Dean graduated from the Fulton High School. ...

The USD 234 Board of Education on Monday approved updated COVID-19 guidance for the upcoming school year. Superintendent Destry Brown said he recently visited several websites to find out what COVID-19 directions are for school districts, and many have no guidelines...

There was not much change in final numbers for Bourbon County after provisional ballots were canvassed Thursday morning. A canvassing board consisting of County Commissioners Clifton Beth and Jim Harris, and Nelson Blythe, who has been appointed to the vacant District 1 commission seat, verified 87 provisional ballots in the Bourbon County Commission room. Canvassers review reasons why ballots are challenged or provisional and decide whether to count them...