Stories from Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Bourbon County Commissioners continue to hash out a revised policy for county right-of-ways. Commissioners met with Holly Powers, engineer associate with Schafer, Kline and Warren. The county contracted the firm in 2013 to assist in writing its policies...

Charges have been filed in the death of a 6-month-old boy in late April. Anthony M. Anderson, 21, of Fort Scott, faces one count of first-degree felony murder, an off-grid person felony, and one count of abuse of a child, a level five person felony, according to the criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Bourbon County District Court...

The USD 234 Board of Education has approved moving forward with K-12 curriculum development starting next school year. During its Monday meeting, the board approved a memorandum of understanding with the Southeast Kansas Education Service Center at Greenbush for curriculum development, implementation and evaluation services for the 2015-16 school year...

Purple Dragons' game-two rally keeps Fort Scott's chances of title share alive

David Allen Wells, died April 24, 1915, in his home at Fort Scott, Kan. David requested that upon his passing, no memorial service be held. Interment will be at Graham Memorial Cemetery in Pryor, Okla. Donations can be made to Feurborn Family Services, Garnett, Kan., in David's name...

Edward R. "Ed" St. John, age 74, Sugar Valley Lakes, near Mound City, Kan., passed away on Monday, May 11, 2015. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 15, 2015 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Burial will be in the Woodland Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to service time. The family suggests contributions to the Diabetes Foundation or American Cancer Society. On line condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Angela Rose Johnson, age 61, a resident of Arma, Kan., died Monday, May 11, 2015 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Funeral services for Angela Johnson will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott.

Rowena Cochran, former resident of Fort Scott, passed away May 12, 2015. She had been living, near her daughter in Overland Park, Kan., for the past 14 years. She was born in Cherryvale, Kan., on Sept.11, 1924.She was married to Kenneth Cochran. They had three children; Carol Sue, Rita Ann, and Timothy Mark. They lived on a small farmstead, four miles north of town on the "old Condensery Road."...

Kenneth M. Kennedy, Jr., 88, of Prairie Village, Kan., died Monday, May 11, 2015. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m., and funeral following at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 16, at Porter Funeral Home, 1835 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan., 66102. Burial in Pleasanton, Kan., on Monday, May 18 at 10:30 am. Memorial contributions may be made to Grinter Chapel United Methodist Church, Kansas City, Kan., where he was a member for over 50 years...

Herbert Eugene "Gene" DuVall, age 89, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, May 10, 2015, at the Fort Scott Medicalodges. He was born Jan. 15, 1926, in Iola, Kan., the son of Jack DuVall and Sophie Dully DuVall. Gene graduated from High School in Wichita, Kan., and then enlisted with the United States Navy. ...

The Water Utility Office will be closed for any business transactions Thursday and Friday due to a software conversion. No payments will be accepted or processed, according to a City of Fort Scott news release. City Hall will be open regular hours on Thursday and Friday...

On Tuesday, the Fort Scott Police Department, Bourbon County Sheriff's Office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation Drug Task Force were involved in a narcotics investigation that resulted in 30 arrests, according to an FSPD news release. The persons arrested were charged with a violation of K.S.A. 21-5707(a)(1), or unlawful possession of controlled substance using a communication facility. As this is an ongoing investigation, more arrests are likely, the release said...