The Bourbon County Commission is forming another committee, this time to help them make decisions concerning employee benefits. Based on a proposal from Commissioner Mika Milburn-Kee, the commission ...

Wanda June "Jay" Dunn, age 85, passed away peacefully on June 23, 2025, at the home of her daughter in Spring Hill, Kan. Jay was born July 10, 1939, in Oskaloosa, Mo.,, to Bill and Carrie Guss ...

George Scott Koppa, age 50, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, June 20, 2025, at his home. Services for Scott Koppa will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

George Richard "Dick" Smith, age 83, formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away in Olathe, Kan., on Sunday, June 22, 2025. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, June 27, 2025 at the ...

Doris Kathryn Ericson, age 89, a resident of rural Hiattville, Kan., passed away unexpectedly on Friday, June 20, 2025, just one day before what would have been her 90th birthday. Doris was born June ...

If vehicles could tell stories, a 1920 Model T owned by Jim Fewins of Fort Scott would have a few to share. Fewins shared the story of the origins of the Ford Model T Touring car, aptly named Daisy ...

Nine students and three coaches from Fort Scott High School were among those evacuated during an incident at the National Speech and Debate Tournament Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa. Thursday afternoon, ...

Arthur Joseph Pollreis, age 16, a resident of rural Walnut, Kan., died Wednesday, June 18, 2025, following a train accident near Erie, Kan. Rev. Marty DeWitt will conduct a memorial service at 10 a.m.

Winter, 84, Richards, Mo., passed away on June 18, 2025, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born on Sept. 17, 1940, near Eve, Mo., to Leslie and Maud (Brouhard) Goddard. She married her childhood ...