Stories from Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Judith Ann Rodgers, age 74, resident of Louisburg, Kan., died Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at the Olathe Medical Center. She was born June 14, 1944, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Julian and Leona Callahan Cochran. She graduated from Fort Scott High School and Pittsburg State University with a teaching degree. ...

Melvin Earl Endicott, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, June 22, 2018, in Joplin, Mo., at Mercy Hospital. He was born June 20, 1929, the son of Earl Leonard Endicott and Melva Mae (Koppa) Endicott near Savonburg, Kan. He graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1947, from Fort Scott Junior College in 1948, and from Kansas State University in 1955, as a civil engineer. ...

Perry Lee Wilson, 66, of Fort Scott, passed away Sunday, June 24, 2018 at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home

John Edwin Mason, a teacher of African history and the history of photography at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, speaks to attendees during a presentation Tuesday offered by the Gordon Parks Museum on the campus of Fort Scott Community College. ...

As the county wraps up its asphalt projects for the year, the Bourbon County Commissioners agreed Tuesday it will soon be time to focus on low water crossings. Public Works Director Jim Harris said the asphalt crew was working on the West Lake Road at Lake Fort Scott. After finishing there this week, the crew and equipment will then move to 205th to do a small section...

The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees on Monday discussed differences in bids submitted for rehab work to be done on the former Red Ram motel property the college has purchased for student housing. On May 26, FSCC published a public notice for rehabilitation of the grounds at the Greyhound Lodge, located at 701 N. National Ave., and bids were opened by Director of Development Bob Cable and Dean of Finance and Operations Julie Eichenberger on June 7...