Stories from Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Rebecca Ann "Becky" Goodman, age 71, formerly of Ottawa, Kan., passed away on Monday June 11, 2018. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory Mound City Chapel. family suggests contributions to New Horizon Ranch Therapeutic Riding Center. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Jeanie Wiley, 58, of Fort Scott, passed away early Monday morning at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. She was born July 24, 1959, in Scott City, Kan., the daughter of Billy Lee and Marjorie Ann (Heim) Riggs. She married Pete Wiley Aug. 10, 1984, in Garden City, Kan., and he survives of the home...

A local man charged in March with criminal threat was bound over for felony arraignment Monday in Bourbon County District Court. During a preliminary hearing for Seth Alexander Shore, 19, Bourbon County Magistrate Judge Valorie Leblanc heard testimony from three witnesses regarding an alleged threatening comment Shore made at Uniontown High School in March. As of Tuesday, no date had been set for the arraignment in district court. Shore graduated from UHS in May...

Principals at each USD 234 school building gave year-end reports on their building’s site council during Monday’s board of education meeting. The administrators talked about the focuses of their respective site councils during the 2017-18 school year, and plans for site councils in the upcoming school year. The councils consist of teachers, parents and administrators...

The 4th annual Fort Scott Fire Department benefit ride took place Saturday to benefit Carter Collier, a Fort Scott youth who was born with a rare disorder called Koolen-de Vries syndrome. The ride started Saturday afternoon in front of the fire station on National Avenue, went through a few nearby cities and ended in front of Holmtown Pub, where food was served and a live band provided entertainment. Along the route, riders raised money for Carter and her family...