Stories from Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Maxine Harris, age 86, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, July 22, 2019, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born May 23, 1933, in Greenfield, Mo., the daughter of William B. Cagle and Effie Norris Cagle. Maxine graduated from the Lockwood, Mo., High School. ...

Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin and Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center Major Bobby Reed presented their 2020 budget requests – both of which show increases from 2019 – to the Bourbon County Commission on Tuesday. Martin and Reed discussed the components of their budgets and the reasons behind the requested increases for 2020. Martin presented two budget requests; one for $837,449 and one for $893,702, the latter of which includes a budgeted 3 percent raise for sheriff’s staff...

Bourbon County Commissioners met Tuesday with Kansas Department of Transportation District 5 officials who said they were on a “listening tour.” During the conversation, county officials reported problem areas on state highways, asked about the completion date for the entire U.S. Highway 69 expansion project and learned about a new cost share program...