Stories from Saturday, June 7, 2014

After being placed on the auction block for the second time in the past year, the Western Building located on First Street in Historic Downtown Fort Scott has a new owner. The building, along with seven other properties, was offered for sale at a tax sale held by Bourbon County officials Friday...

Good Ol' Days is in full swing today, after beginning Thursday. Friday afternoon and evening included the Lumberjack Show, parade and dog events.

Laura E. Miller, age 84, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, June 6, 2014, at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. Laura was born May 17, 1933 in Bartlesville, Okla., the daughter of Coleman Eden and Belva Edwards Eden. She married Frank Miller on May 25, 1951, in Fort Scott. ...

Eileen L. Roloff, born Sept. 19, 1917, passed away peacefully on May 24, 2014 in Alameda, Calif., surrounded by family. Her can-do, pragmatic, creative and resilient spirit was forged as the fourth eldest child of 12 growing up on hard-scrabble farms in Rich Hill and Kansas City, Mo., as well as Fulton and Fort Scott, Kan. ...