Stories from Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Teresa Marie Wunderly, 55, of Fulton, Kan., passed away Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, at the Girard Medical Center. She was born July 12, 1967, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Charles Frederick Wunderly and Elizabeth Ann (Noggle) Wunderly. Teresa worked with Ace Hardware stores for 22 years with five of those at Cronister’s Ace in Girard, Kan., and 17 at Mayco Ace in Fort Scott. ...

Dennis C. Person, Jr. of Kansas City, Mo., unexpectedly passed away on Nov. 16, 2022. He was born on Jan. 12,1949 to Dennis C. Person, Sr, and Laverne (Cummings) Person in Fort Scott, Kan. After graduating from Fort Scott High School, he attended Fort Scott Community College then Pittsburgh State University where he was a member of both school’s basketball programs...

Frances Corinne Oskee, age 99, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of Nevada, Mo., passed away Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, at the Medicalodge of Nevada. She was born July 7, 1923, in Fulton, Kan., the daughter of Henry Lawrence Bloesser and Kittie Frances Martin Bloesser. ...

On Tuesday, the city began taking water from Lake Fort Scott. Rock Creek and Cedar Creek lakes have supplemented the Fort Scott water supply for several months as the drought conditions have continued. Fort Scott Assistant City Manager Brad Matkin said recent rains have not helped and the lakes’ waters “are dropping to levels that is posing a problem to our city water supply.”...

USD 234 leaders on Nov. 14 approved the budget for spending about $4 million in federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds, which includes a potential plan to expand the district’s preschool services. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story...

Discussion during Tuesday’s Bourbon County Commission meeting centered around the future of the former Mercy building. Commissioners fielded questions and concerns related to the county’s recent agreement with the California-based Legacy Healthcare Foundation concerning the former Mercy Hospital building...