Stories from Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Oleta Davidson, age 98, resident of Hume, Mo., for over 70 years, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. Oleta, third child of seven, was born to Samuel and Janie Gibson Kilgore on Aug. 7, 1921 in Huntsville, Mo. She moved to Hume with her parents when she was 16 and graduated from Hume High School in 1940. ...

Gary William Harper, age 74, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, at his home. He was born Sept. 16, 1945, in Fort Scott, the son of Richard LeRoy Harper and Mary Ellen Hite Harper. Gary had worked as a mechanic and truck driver for trucking companies in both Fort Scott and Kansas City. ...

A three-judge panel of the Kansas Court of Appeals heard three cases – one of which is a civil appeal in Bourbon County – Tuesday at Fort Scott Community College. The proceedings, which took place inside the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, were part of the court’s observance of Constitution Day...

Those who travel Indian Road should be aware that a speed limit change will take place in the near future. During the Bourbon County Commission meeting Tuesday, Public Works Director Jim Harris was directed to locate where school zone speed limit signs should be placed along Indian Road where the St. Martin’s Academy is located...

Art in the Yard, held Saturday, featured several forms of art, including paintings, pottery, jewelry, metal art and fabric art, was hosted by Bobbi Kemna on her property just north of Fort Scott. There was also live music, barbecue, Fort Scott High School Thespians selling beverages, a dessert table and kettle corn. Patrons could ride Dolly the Trolley to the event free of charge...