Stories from Tuesday, June 14, 2016

The first Mercy Golf Classic was held Saturday at Woodland Hills Golf Course in Fort Scott. The event was "an opportunity to celebrate the legacy of health care initiated by the Sisters of Mercy in 1886," according to Shannon O'Neil, Woodlands Golf Club manger...

Encouragement and help with life skills, that's what Betty Breault, 62, received when she got involved in Circles Fort Scott, she said. Breault is a graduate of the Circles program, which is designed to help eliminate poverty in Bourbon County. The program began in April 2015 and Breault is a member of the first class...

USD 234 could lose some funding for the 2016-17 school year under one scenario being floated in Topeka to address the school funding issue. Superintendent Bob Beckham updated the USD 234 Board of Education Monday night on scenarios he has heard are being tossed around about school funding. ...

The USD 234 Board of Education on Monday hired a former Fort Scott High School teacher to fill the position of principal at Fort Scott Middle School. Following an executive session to discuss non-elected personnel, board members approved employment of Brian Weilert to fill the position currently held by Jim Howard, who resigned in May to pursue another career opportunity...

The newest deputy of the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, is a rare breed of officer. Jino, a giant schnauzer, is the newest K-9 unit belonging to the BCSO. Purchased with a $5,000 Police K-9 LEAP grant, and the anonymous donation of a Fort Scott resident, BCSO now has two K-9 units on patrol...

John Yoakum, 86, formerly of Fort Scott and most recently of Valley Center, Kan., died Tuesday, June 14, 2016 in Wichita, Kan., at the Robert J. Dole VA Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home...

Amy Ann Perry, age 31, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2016 in Scammon, Kan. Amy was born Feb. 26, 1985 in Pittsburg, Kan., to Jim Bussone and the late Linda Sue Brookes Bussone. She attended Fort Scott High School and graduated from Girard High School in 2003. ...

Deborah Kaye Wadel, 64, Richards, Mo., passed away on Monday, June 13, 2016, at Moore Few Care Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in LaJunta, Colo., June 28, 1951, to Bob Venter and Nettie Venter (Phillips). She married Ron Wadel on Nov. 14, 1975, and just recently celebrated 40 wonderful years together...

Mildred G. Ludolph, age 97, of Iola, Kan., passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola, Kan. She was born on June 27, 1918, in Westphalia, Kan., the daughter of Loren and Ruth (Hugenott) Bouse. She attended schools in Westphalia, graduating in 1936. After graduating high school, Mildred worked in the Westphalia telephone office...

Nancy Irene Barr, age 66, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died unexpectedly, Monday, June 13, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room in Fort Scott. She was born May 18, 1950, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Jewell LeRoy Smith and Myrtle May Baker Smith. She married Delbert Wayne Barr on July 10, 2008, in Fort Scott. Nancy had been employed as a custodian for the Springdale, Arkansas School System for...