Stories from Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Kenneth D. Lunt, age 81, long time Division Manager for K.G. & E. /Westar Energy and former mayor of Fort Scott, died Tuesday, July 30 at his home following a lengthy illness. There was cremation. Rev. Kevin Moyers will conduct memorial services at 1:30 p.m. ...

The Bourbon County Commissioners took care of some old business when they met Monday. Progress is being made towards hiring a contractor to repair roofs on county-owned buildings damaged during the April 7 hail storm. County Attorney Terri Johnson reported that Wray Roofing Inc. ...

Board members of USD 235 Uniontown heard on Monday night that Superintendent Randy Rockhold has worked to keep the mill levy from rising. That's the good news. However, Rockhold said there are issues that need to be addressed that could not be covered by this proposed budget, which seeks to accommodate the district needs...

The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees seated three new members Monday night at the board's monthly meeting. In addition to looking over a proposed budget, the board agreed to add a new welding program, renewed insurance and technology agreements, and looked at a proposed design for locating the School of Cosmetology on campus...

While emergency officials were expecting heavy rains to flood the area Monday night, they may not have been expecting what else dropped out of the sky. Initially, local officials determined straight-line winds caused damage to a mobile home in western Bourbon County. By late Tuesday, after further assessment, the National Weather Service in Springfield, Mo., determined that it had been a tornado. There had been no watches or warnings, other than for flooding...