Stories from Friday, December 27, 2013

There will be a benefit from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28 for R.T. "Chub" and Helen Bolling. The Bollings, who suffered the loss of their home by fire in early December, are being benefited by the Bronson Ruritan with a soup and pie lunch at the Bronson Community Center on Clay Street...

Christmas has come and gone this year, but New Year's Eve is approaching and with that, the Kansas Highway Patrol is urging motorists to be safe on Kansas roadways during the holiday. Impaired drivers are dangerous any time of year, but with New Year's parties and other celebrations, the chances of impaired driving could increase, according to the KHP...

Gunn Park was open on Thursday but not much activity was taking place. Pictured is the biggest rock pavilion in the park, a site of many reunions and picnics in warmer weather.

Ronald Gene Hopkins, age 68, resident of Kansas City, Mo., went home to be with our lord and savior on Wednesday, Dec. 25. He is survived by his wife Virginia (Ruth); his son Michael Hopkins; two daughters, Mary Gaines and Pamela Hickman; a sister Elaine Gregory; 10 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, and a son Ronald Gene Hopkins, Jr...

John Frank Hayden, 70, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends at 7:05 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24, 2013 at his home following a long illness. John was born July 19, 1943 in St. Louis, Mo., the son of Paul Sears and Virginia (Kelley) Hayden. ...

Rolland F. Goff, 67, of Hepler, Kan., died at 8:31 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013 at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott where he entered Dec. 24. He was born May 23, 1946 at rural Walnut, Kan., a son of Wesley David and Mary Francis (Westhoff) Goff. Rolland grew up and attended schools in Hepler and Joint Rural District No. 3 High School in Stark, Kan. He attended IBM Technical School in Kansas City, Mo...