Stories from Monday, July 3, 2023

Bourbon County leaders and employees face an increase in the cost of health insurance. During their meeting June 26 in Redfield, Bourbon County Commissioners discussed health insurance rates with Chief Financial Officer Susan Bancroft, who presented commissioners with information on health rates from July 1 through June 30, 2024...

The purchase of academic resources was among items approved by the USD 234 Board of Education during a special meeting June 26 at the board office. The board approved science resources for Fort Scott High School from McGraw Hill in the amount of $13,531.64...

Lucille Mae Griffith, age 97, of Fort Scott, formerly of Uniontown passed away Sunday, June 25, 2023 at Credo Assisted Living Center after a brief illness. She was born April 28, 1926 in Cleona, Pa., the daughter of John H. Funk and Rosa “Rosie” Kreider Funk...

Richard (Dick) Lucas was born in August 1944 in Mapleton, Kan., and passed away in May 2023 in Burleson, Texas. He spent most of his childhood in Fort Scott, graduating from Fort Scott High School in 1962. After serving in the US Navy from 1962-1965, he married his childhood sweetheart, Linda Moore, in September 1965. Four children soon followed: Rick in 1967, Deborah in 1968, Rebekah in 1970, and Rachel in 1972...