Stories from Friday, February 2, 2018

Thomas P. Bowerman, age 72, resident of Fort Scott, died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, at his home. Services for Thomas Bowerman will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Wylma Campbell, age 96, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday Feb. 1, 2018 at the Hospice of the Valley, Eckstin Center in Scottsdale, Ariz. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will be in the U.S. National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Ella Louise Greenfield, 58, of Fort Scott, passed away late Wednesday evening, Jan. 31, 2018, at Mercy Hospital. She was born Nov. 14, 1959, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of John Calvin and Rachel Elinor (Hord) Greenfield. Ella is survived by her children, Scarlett “Pete” Greenfield of Pittsburg, Kan., and John Greenfield, of Fort Scott; nine brothers and sisters, John C. ...

The case of a former local church employee who pleaded no contest in December to two counts he faced for sex crimes that took place in 2009 came to a close Friday when the defendant, Joseph Wayne Banker, was sentenced in Bourbon County District Court...

Fort Scott Native Gordon Parks was named one of five distinguished Kansans from the past 100 years during the Kansas Native Sons and Daughters 100th anniversary banquet held Friday, Jan. 26, in Topeka. Accepting the award on behalf of Parks were Gordon Parks Museum Director Jill Warford and past Weapons of Choice Award winner Kevin Willmott...

Although it’s not yet official, Bourbon County Commissioners on Friday created a priority list for surfacing roads in 2018. During a work session to discuss road planning, commissioners made some adjustments in the public works road program and authorized Public Works Director Jim Harris to put some cost figures together for the priority projects for commissioners to consider at their regular meeting Tuesday...