Stories from Friday, March 22, 2019

Howard J. Logan, age 91, Centerville, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, March 21, 2019. Graveside funeral service will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24, 2019 at the Centerville Cemetery. Contributions are suggested to the American Heart Association. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel...

With Bourbon County Commissioners facing a deadline to decide whether to continue in a contract to house juvenile offenders in a Girard facility, recent discussions have taken place about the cost of that service. On Tuesday, Bourbon County Attorney Jacqie Spradling provided commissioners with information from Franklin, Johnson, Douglas counties and “others.”...

Some changes have been made to a proposed $5.5 million project to create a housing development in the Union Block building in Fort Scott’s historic downtown district. During the Tuesday meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission, Director of Economic Development Rachel Pruitt reported blueprints have been approved for the Union Lofts project, a sister development to the Fort Scott Lofts, formerly the Western Senior Living apartments...