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Pool and Buck Run to be closed for one week
(Local News ~ 06/25/20)
The Fort Scott Aquatic Center and Buck Run Community Center will be closed for the next seven days due to the increase in COVID-19 cases. The closures, which began Wednesday, will be re-evaluated after seven days, according to a news release issued Wednesday by the city of Fort Scott...
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Health officer recommends quarantine for Common Ground customers
(Local News ~ 06/25/20)
Bourbon County Public Health Officer Rebecca Johnson recommends customers who were served at Common Ground Coffee Co., 12 E. Wall St., on June 16 between between 6:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., or June 17 between 6:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., to please quarantine in their homes and monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 through July 1, according to a release from the SEK Multi-County Health Departments...
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COVID-19 case confirmed Tuesday
(Local News ~ 06/25/20)
A Bourbon County positive COVID-19 test was confirmed Tuesday afternoon, according to a release from the SEK Multi-County Health Departments. The testing was confirmed through a reference laboratory that was used. This case is a contact of a positive case that was confirmed Monday. The Bourbon County Public Health Department is diligently working to complete the investigation at this time, the release said...
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Recent increase in COVID-19 in Bourbon County
(Local News ~ 06/25/20)
Between Tuesday evening and Wednesday, Bourbon County has had four more positive COVID-19 cases, according to a release issued Wednesday by the SEK Multi-County Health Departments. All four individuals are symptomatic, are isolated at home at this time and their families are in quarantine. These cases may have been related to large gatherings and most are related to travel outside of county. Bourbon County has had nine new cases since Monday, June 22...
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Joan M. Lowe (Obituary ~ 06/25/20)
Joan M. Lowe, 88, of Pittsburg, passed away at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at the Medicalodge of Frontenac. She was born June 14, 1932, at Pittsburg, Kan., the daughter of Edward and Lidye (DeRidder) Trumbule. She was united in marriage to William "Bill" Howard Lowe on March 12, 1954 at Pittsburg, Kan. He preceded her in death on Jan. 29, 2015. Together they owned and operated Lowe's Skateway Roller Rink; also she spent many years at the Fort Scott Roller Rink... -
LeRoy Turpen Sr.
(Obituary ~ 06/25/20)
LeRoy Turpen Sr., age 75, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 27, 2020 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Burial will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...
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Larry Ginter (Obituary ~ 06/25/20)
Larry Ginter, age 76, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, June 22, 2020, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, Mo. He was born June 8, 1944, in Appleton City, Mo., the son of Elton Glen Ginter and Marjorie Cook Ginter. Larry served in the United State Navy. ...