Stories from Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Agnes Ruth Hill, age 90, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, at the Homestead assisted living facility in Girard, Kan. She was born Jan. 20, 1933, in San Pedro, Calif., the daughter of Henry Carl Jones and Sophie Evelyn Borders Jones. ...

Mary Jo Van Walleghem passed away peacefully at her home in Stilwell, Kan., on Dec. 5, 2023, aged 82. In 1979, she married Mike Van Walleghem, her loving husband who survives her. Mike and Mary Jo lived in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin before returning to the Kansas City area in retirement...

Joe Stephen Teagarden, age 72, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Friday, Dec. 15, 2023.   A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, at First Lutheran Church in Paola.  Burial will be in the Prairie Home Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Nancy Patterson, long-time resident of Fort Scott, age 86, died on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, at Horton House in Fort Scott, Kan. Her death was attributed to Alzheimer’s disease. Nancy Jo Smith was born on Aug. 1, 1937, in Lawrence, Kan., to Emmett P. and Naomi M. ...

Agnes Ruth Hill, age 90, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, at the Homestead assisted living facility in Girard, Kan. She was born Jan. 20, 1933, in San Pedro, Calif., the daughter of Henry Carl Jones and Sophie Evelyn Borders Jones. ...

During Monday’s Bourbon County Commission meeting, Bourbon County Clerk Jennifer Hawkins voiced concerns with what she claims is information regarding non-elected county employees being leaked outside the county. Hawkins said she wanted to address the matter due to the holidays, and because Monday’s meeting was the last regularly-scheduled commission meeting until Jan. ...

Fort Scott City Commissioners and other city officials on Dec. 5 weighed in on a request for funding to help a planning committee host the 2024 Kansas Museum Association Conference in 2024. Kirk Sharp, director of the Gordon Parks Museum, requested $15,000 from the city as a committee plans an opening reception and other events for the conference, which is scheduled to take place Nov. ...

Fort Scott City Commissioners on Tuesday signed off on the first steps for creation of an event center in Fort Scott. Commissioners voted 4-0 in favor of a memorandum of understanding between the city and 635 Holdings in Kansas City for the economic development project that has been in the works for nearly three years. Commissioners Tim VanHoecke, Edwin Woellhof, Katie Harrington and Melissa Guns voted yes, while Mayor Matthew Wells abstained from the vote, but voiced his support of the project...

Dustin Ray Wiggans, age 46, resident of Knox City, Texas,formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away unexpectedly on Dec. 14, 2023, at his home. Dustin was born Feb. 11, 1977, in Fort Scott to Jimmy and Pam Wiggans. He graduated with the class of 1995 then immediately began eight years of service in the Navy. ...