Stories from Friday, November 22, 2024

On Oct. 31, Shift A with the Fort Scott Fire Department was honored during the Kansas State Association of Fire Chiefs Conference in Manhattan, Kan., with the Presidents Award given by the Kansas State Association of Fire Chiefs. The award was presented to the firefighters for action they took to save a life on April 29, 2022...

The Board of Bourbon County Commissioners and companies with agreements for solar developments in the county are the defendants in a civil lawsuit filed Wednesday in Bourbon County District Court. See Saturday's print or online edition for full story...

A proposal to create a new rock quarry near Elm Creek Lake became official Thursday morning. During a brief meeting, Bourbon County Commissioners Clifton Beth and Brandon Whisenhunt approved Whisenhunt’s motion to begin the quarry, and put money toward a capital improvement fund for repairs to the dam and other property at the lake...

Venita Bruner Miller, age 92, Kincaid, Kan., passed away Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. She was born on Dec. 15, 1931, in the Burke Street Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Walter and Agnes Mackie Bruner. She attended Mud Holler Grade School and graduated from Blue Mound High School in the Class of 1949. ...

Barnett (Barney) Ellis Helm, 99, Deerfield, Mo., passed away at his home on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. He was born on April 14, 1925, in his grandfather’s home near El Dorado Springs, Mo. Barney was raised in the Harwood area and graduated from El Dorado Springs High School. ...

Melany June Felt, age 54, resident of Kincaid, Kan., passed away Monday Nov. 18, 2024, in a tragic accident 4 miles south of Iola, Kan. She was born Feb. 23, 1970, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Thomas and Beatrice Powell. She graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1988. ...