Stories from Friday, December 10, 2021

Gov. Laura Kelly has announced her plan to introduce a bill in the Kansas Legislature to eliminate the state sales tax on food in Kansas. Kelly discussed her plan, called “Axe the Food Tax,” during a telephone press conference for weekly and small market newspapers in Kansas on Nov. 16...

A Bourbon County Commissioner’s wish to put a second school resource officer in the USD 234 school district spurred some heated discussion during Tuesday’s commission meeting. Commissioners held a discussion with Bourbon County Sheriff and Deputy Bob Jackson, who is currently the SRO for USD 235 in Uniontown, after Martin and Jackson raised concerns with a proposal that would add another SRO for USD 234 in Fort Scott...

City commissioners on Tuesday gave unanimous approval for the establishment of temporary shelters for homeless individuals. Citizen Jamie Armstrong, who represented Warming Hearts, a group of volunteers organized to address homelessness, said the organization has received a donation from an individual to help provide sleeping pods for the homeless in Fort Scott...