Stories from Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Joan Mulkey Lewis, age 94, formerly of Mildred, Kan., passed away on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Graveside funeral service will be held 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 at the Fairview Cemetery, Mildred, Kan. Visitation will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. ...

Norma J. Jackson, 90, of Fort Scott, passed away early morning on Sept. 27, 2020. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Fort Scott City Commissioner held a special meeting Monday to approve an applicant for a Kansas Housing Resource Center Moderate Income Housing grant. The vote was split 3-2 as some commissioners questioned the city’s timing for announcing the grant opportunity...

During separate special meetings Friday, the USD 234 Board of Education approved the purchase of laptop computers for students, and a memorandum of understanding for funds received through the Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas (SPARK) grant...

Bourbon County Commissioners learned Tuesday the county’s phase one funding plan for the Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas (SPARK) grant has been approved by the state of Kansas. Monica Murnan, representing the Southeast Kansas Education Service Center in Greenbush, reported the State Office of Recovery has approved the county’s plan and the next step will be to begin organizing release of funds to businesses and organizations that will receive a portion of the $2.9 million in CARES Act funds the county received to help provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.. ...

Catherine Shackelford, 95, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning, Sept. 28, 2020, at Via Christi Ascension in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born Aug. 24, 1925, in Enid, Okla., the daughter of John and Dora C. (Goeller) Ivan. She married Robert Everett Shackelford in Colton, Calif., and he preceded her in death August 29, 2001...