Stories from Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Michael Bruce Harper, age 58, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott. He was born Nov. 14, 1957, in Fort Scott, the son of Harold and Ruby Miller Harper. He worked as a welder most of his career before his disability. ...

Margaret E. Needham, age 97, resident of Fort Scott, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room. Funeral services for Margaret Needham will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Mapleton Community of Christ Church, Mapleton, Kan. Burial will follow in the Mapleton Cemetery. Services are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel...

Howard Wintford "Wint" Seaver, age 88, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, at the Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. He was born Dec. 21, 1927, in Fort Scott, the son of Howard I. Seaver and Opal Margaret Atha Seaver. Wint graduated from the Fort Scott High School with the Class of 1945. ...

A discussion that began Tuesday regarding the sheriff's response to a phone call from an attorney will continue at 9 a.m. Thursday. On Tuesday, Michael J. Kuckelman, with the law firm of Kuckelman, Torline, Kirkland, Lewis in Overland Park, met with commissioners to discuss an incident that took place over the phone with himself and Sheriff Bill Martin...

The USD 234 Board of Education on Monday discussed some concerns with water leaks recently discovered at two schools following heavy rains in the area last week. Robby Manthei, project manager for Nabholz Construction Services, gave an update on timelines for the district's $40.8 million school bond projects. From that, a discussion was spurred on water issues and leaks found on roofs at Winfield Scott School and Fort Scott High School after heavy rainfall on Thursday...

Members of the Young Professionals League of Bourbon County and volunteers representing the Fort Scott Community College President's Ambassadors wash windows on an empty building near First and Main streets during a YPL downtown clean-up event Tuesday evening...