Stories from Friday, September 28, 2018

Ida “Fay” Smith passed away at Brookdale Senior Living, Great Bend, on Sept. 26, 2018. She was born May 29, 1925, at Protection, Kan., the daughter of Roy and Mary (Huff) Toothaker. She graduated from Protection High School in 1943. She then went to Wesely Hospital School of Nursing in Wichita, Kan., where she graduated as a registered nurse in 1947. She then graduated from Kansas State University in 1948...

David Lee Hornaday, 86, passed away Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, at his home in Moreno Valley, Calif. Funeral services will be a week from this Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, at the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home with burial following at the Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends beginning at 1 p.m. prior to service time on Saturday. Condolences may be submitted to the online guestbook at konantz-cheney.com...

Alec Michaud, right, kisses Gabriella Clements on the cheek after the two were named Homecoming King and Queen prior to the FSHS Tiger football game against the Labette County High School Grizzlies Friday night at Frary Field.

Fort Scott Community College officials are having preliminary discussions about the college’s centennial celebration in 2019 and possible construction of a new facility to replace the college’s Burke Street campus. FSCC Director of Development Bob Cable told the FSCC Board of Trustees Monday that he, FSCC President Alysia Johnston, and Dean of Finance and Operations Julie Eichenberger have recently discussed capital improvement needs at FSCC...

Entities from three counties have joined forces to develop a plan for a regional trail and bicycle system. The Healthy Bourbon County Action Team, Live Well Crawford County and Thrive Allen County have worked together to obtain funding from The Sunflower Foundation toward creating a shared vision and blueprint for a tri-county trail and bicycle network...