Menu-
County commissioners to begin trimming 2025 budget
(Local News ~ 07/19/24)
Bourbon County Commissioners will look to trim some expenditures as they prepare to conduct work sessions on the 2025 budget. See Saturday's print or online edition for full story.
-
Funding Memorial Hall repairs
(Local News ~ 07/19/24)
The Fort Scott City Commission plans to revisit a discussion on the future of Memorial Hall, and how to fund repairs the nearly 100-year-old building. On Tuesday, commissioners discussed two proposals for repairs to stones on the facade of the building – each for a different scope of work – eventually voting to re-bid the work...
-
Vicki Lesa Hartmetz
(Obituary ~ 07/19/24)
Vicki Lesa Hartmetz, age 68, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 25, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the U.S. National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. ...
-
Mary Virginia Barnett
(Obituary ~ 07/19/24)
Mary Virginia Barnett passed away July 11, 2024. She was born Jan. 30, 1943. She was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Lucille Thoms, husband Billy Barnett and grandson Matthew Weddle. She left behind: four sons, Randy Bohlken and wife Kerri, Tony Bohlken and wife Dana, Mark Bohlken and wife Annette, and Rodney Bohlken; stepdaughters Lisa Goad and husband Paul, Susan Weddle... -
Patsy Cordelia Herman
(Obituary ~ 07/19/24)
Patsy Cordelia Herman, age 90, resident of Lake Fort Scott, passed to her Lord, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in comfort at her son’s home in Fort Scott following a complicated illness. Patsy was born May 9, 1934, in Dyer County, Tenn., the oldest child of W. ... -
Elizabeth Ruth Schafer
(Obituary ~ 07/19/24)
Elizabeth Ruth Schafer, 82, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday morning, July 16, 2024, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City. She was born Feb. 10, 1942, in Lebanon, Mo., the daughter of Washington Davis Mann and Charlotte Lucille (Bethel) Mann. She married Robert Lee Schafer on Nov. 27, 1964, in Butler, Mo. He preceded her in death May 15, 2006... -
Shirley Ann (Krull) Sessions
(Obituary ~ 07/19/24)
Shirley Ann (Krull) Sessions, 83, of Elk City, Okla., passed away on July 15, 2024, at Legend at Rivendell Memory Care in Oklahoma City. Shirley was born on Dec. 19, 1940, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Charles and Veda (Towles) Krull. Shirley spent her early childhood in Fort Scott, Kan., where she loved spending time with her aunt and uncle, Robert and Shirley Towles, at their farm. ...
