Stories from Friday, January 13, 2017

Fort Scott Middle School's boys basketball won three of four games from Parsons at the FSMS gymnasium Thursday evening. The seventh-grade A team took a 27-11 win and the B team got by the Vikings 23-18. The eighth-grade B team won fairly easily, 28-11, but the A team fell to a Parsons rally in the fourth quarter, 41-38...

Bourbon County rural firefighters battled a fire that burned down three structures Wednesday in Redfield. Several rural fire departments responded to a fire that broke out about 4 p.m. in structures on Spruce and Cedar streets. Bourbon County Fire District No. 3 Chief Delwin Mumbower said Thursday said the initial call came in as a grass fire. Windy conditions then helped the fire spread to the buildings...

On Tuesday, Bourbon County Treasurer Rhonda Dunn announced she would resign her position to take a job as the city of Fort Scott codes manager. Dunn, who began her second term as treasurer on Oct. 1, has not set a date for her resignation as she still upcoming deadlines to meet for the state...

Portions of the USD 234 bond projects are nearing completion.

Rose Shular Campbell, 96, of Pittsburg, passed away Jan. 1, 2017, at Via Christi Village in Pittsburg. She was born on Feb. 24, 1920, in Gross, Kan., and was preceded in death by her husband Paul, her parents, John and Mary Shular, distinguished immigrants from Slovenia, two brothers, John and Felix, a sister, Mary Shular Logan and her uncle Tony Shular. ...