Stories from Friday, July 18, 2014

Margaret Bonnita Mapes, age 78, a former resident of Fort Scott and more recently of El Dorado, Kan., died Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at her home in El Dorado, Kan. She was born Nov. 11, 1935, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Garland Bernard Hammons and Ada Lavina McBee Hammons. ...

Kayden Samyn, 8, of Mound City, saw firetrucks on display at the annual Care to Share fundraiser at Gunn Park in May and he was fascinated. And the firefighters were just as impressed with him. That's why on Wednesday, they made Kayden an honorary firefighter...

A public vote on a $40.8 million USD 234 school bond issue will take place during the Nov. 4 general election. Board members unanimously approved the measure during Monday night's regular Board of Education meeting. During a special board meeting on June 24, the board approved by a vote of 6-1, a $42.2 million school bond issue package to be voted on by Bourbon County citizens. ...

Tripp Mathes of Iola dismounts from his horse, Rocket, during the goat tying competition of the Southeast Kansas Timed Event Circuit held Thursday evening at the Bourbon County Fair.