Stories from Friday, June 22, 2018

Dale Hixon, age 73, resident of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday, June 21, 2018, at Medicalodges of Fort Scott. He was born Dec. 3, 1944, in Fort Scott, the son of Vern and Josephine Comstock Hixon. He attended Fort Scott High School. He married the love of his life, Betty DeCoudres, on Dec. ...

Judith Ann Rodgers, age 74, resident of Louisburg, Kan., formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at the Olathe Medical Center. Services for Judith Rodgers will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Melvin E. Endicott, age 89, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, June 22, 2018, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. Services for Melvin Endicott will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Stephen Ray Johnson, age 61, Pleasanton, Kan., died Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Funeral services will be held 11 am Saturday, June 23, 2018, at the Pleasanton United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Trading Post Cemetery. Visitation was held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 22, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory Pleasanton Chapel. The family suggests contributions to KCSPCA, in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 525, Pleasanton, KS 66075...

Director of Finance Jon Garrison provided the Fort Scott City Commission Tuesday with some preliminary 2019 budget numbers and discussed two major projects city officials will look at funding in the next year. Garrison said figures he recently received on assessed valuation for the city show a .28 percent decrease. ...

Now that the move into the Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center is complete, questions have been raised about the final cost of the project. During Tuesday’s Bourbon County Commission meeting, Commission Chairman Lynne Oharah shared information he has gathered from the treasurer’s office regarding the cost of the new Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center. He also shared additional information with the Tribune on Thursday...

After months of discussion and consideration, Fort Scott City Commissioners on Tuesday approved creation of a tool that could be used to address the issue of dilapidated, vacant or tax-foreclosed properties. Commissioners approved an ordinance establishing a land bank and a seven-member land bank board of trustees, and also appointed a land bank manager...

A Linn County man and his grandson recently completed the state-wide Bike Across Kansas event, which finished last Saturday at Skubitz Plaza. Richard Long, 72, and his grandson, Hunter Holt, 14, completed the 558-mile long course that began at the Colorado state line near Johnson County and finished up at the Missouri State line four miles east of Fort Scott...