Stories from Wednesday, November 23, 2022

James Eugene Edgar, 94, local 201 carpenter, passed away Nov. 17, 2022. Viewing will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, at Broadway Mortuary. Burial will be at Fort Scott National Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2. James is preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Ruth Edgar; and brothers, Marion Edgar, and Kenneth Edgar. ...

Lynne M. VanLeeuwen, Grand Rapids, Mich., age 79, passed away with her loving family by her side, Nov. 20, 2022. Lynne was born Dec. 6, 1942 in Grand Rapids to the late Robert and Evelyn (Shearer) Brown. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Joseph VanLeeuwen; siblings, Bob and Alice Brown, Arthur Brown, Ben and Joan Brown, Delores and Frank Hall, Ardis and Ken Jacobs, and John Brown. ...

Bourbon County and city of Fort Scott officials spent much of a joint work session Tuesday discussing their thoughts on a transient guest tax for the county. County and city commissioners and other officials briefly discussed a variety of other topics, including shared services such as rock for roads and the county’s dispatch service, the Fort Scott Land Bank, and potential contributions to the Bourbon County Senior Citizens Center...

Manhattan — Ms. Margaret Marino, K-2 Math and Reading Special Education Instructor at Winfield Scott Elementary School in Fort Scott was recently awarded a $500 Classroom Grant by the Kansas Association of American Educators (KANAAE), a non-union professional educators’ association serving Kansas educators...

The Fort Scott Elks Lodge No. 579, along with Exalted Ruler Jolynne Mitchell and the Southeast District Deputy Cecil Davidson presented grant money to three recipients. See Saturday's print or online edition for full story.