Stories from Tuesday, February 20, 2024

James (Jim) Roberts Miesner unexpectedly passed on to his heavenly home on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. Family and friends are invited to celebrate Jim’s life on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, at 10 a.m. at the Cheney Witt Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in Fort Scott National Cemetery at 11 a.m. ...

Kenneth R. Wood, 92, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away late Friday evening, Feb. 16, 2024, at the Medicalodges of Leavenworth, Kan. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Pauline Sue Hart, 85, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, at Freeman West Hospital, in Joplin, Mo. She was born on Oct. 9, 1938, in Arcadia, Kan., the daughter of Paul Fowler Coonrod and Mildred Pauline (Davis) Coonrod. Pauline graduated from Arcadia High School as class valedictorian in 1956. ...

Mr. James Floyd Thurston, 88, of Rochester, Wash., passed away on Feb. 6, 2024. He was a kind and quiet man with a great sense of humor. Mr. Thurston served in the Navy aboard the U.S.S. Washburn from 1956 to 1960. He had a successful career as a long haul trucker and cattleman. His hobbies included boating, camping, fishing, and yard sale bargain hunting...

Theodore “Ted” Frederick Willard was born on July 30, 1957 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Bertha M. and Paul F. Willard. He graduated from Fort Scott High School and attended North Central Kansas Technical College in Beloit, Kan. Ted married the love of his life Cheryl Kay Wilson, who preceded him in death...

Bourbon County officials continue to work to reach a consensus on the language for a question that would ask voters whether they support a half-cent sales tax to support an emergency department and other healthcare services. During Monday’s Bourbon County Commission meeting, commissioners, County Counselor Justin Meeks and members of the public discussed language in a possible third option for a ballot question that Meeks presented to commissioners. ...

Fort Scott Community College officials are looking at revisions in board policy, as well as creating a five-year financial plan to assist the college as it works to overcome financial struggles. On Monday, the FSCC Board of Trustees conducted a first reading of the following policies: Board Member Conflicts of Interest, Board Meeting Rules of Order, Employee Tuition Scholarship, and Campus Closings Due to Weather. The board did not take action on the revisions...