Stories from Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Betty Hixon, 87, of Fort Scott, died Tuesday evening, July 28, 2015 at the Benton House of Shoal Creek in North Kansas City, Mo. Funeral arrangements for Betty Hixon are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday signed a resolution accepting the the sale of bonds for the new $6.8 million jail project. Greg Vahrenberg of Piper Jaffray of Leawood, financial advisor for the project, attended the meeting to report the results of the sale of the bonds, which took place Monday...

Demolition of a structure that is part of the former Western Insurance building is on the horizon. City officials said this week they anticipate demolition of the non-historic tower to the west to begin within the next two to three weeks. Flint Hills Holding Group LLC, the property developers, have a plan to convert the historic structure into about 40 senior living units...

HAYS -- Tony Barksdale, Jr. of Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights scored two first-half touchdowns to earn East team Most Valuable Player honors as he led his team to a 21-0 victory in the Kansas Shrine Bowl at Lewis Field here Saturday night. Fort Scott High School graduate Alex Fink was on the East roster and FSHS head coach Bob Campbell was on the East coaching staff. No statistics were reported for Fink, who will play baseball at Independence Community College, in the game...

WICHITA -- Coming off its first Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference football championship since 1995, Hutchinson is the coaches' pick to repeat at a pre-season media conference held here Friday. It's the first time since 2002 that Butler is not the favorite to win the conference title...