Stories from Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Marvin Bergemann, 72, resident of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Joan J. Cornett, age 88, Parker, Kan., passed away on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023.   A funeral service was at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Burial  was be in the Richland Cemetery. Visitation was held from 1 p.m. to service time at the La Cygne Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to Vitas Hospice, in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 304, La Cygne, KS 66040.  Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Ida Rae Davis, 82, of Fort Scott, passed away at her home Sunday evening, Sept. 3, 2023. Funeral arrangements for Ida Rae Davis are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Brent MacDougall, 82, of Fulton, Kan., passed away at Ascension Via Christi in Pittsburg, Kan., Sunday evening, Sept. 3, 2023. Funeral arrangements for Brent MacDougall are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

George William “Bill” Campbell, 92, of Olathe, Kan., formerly of Versailles, Mo., passed away Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, at The Healthcare Resort of Olathe. He was born May 14, 1931, in Deerfield, Mo., a son of Roscoe Conklin Campbell and Mary Bernice (Higbee) Campbell...

The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees on Aug. 28 received a breakdown of the college’s impact on the community, as well as revenues and expenses, during a review of the proposed 2023-24 budget. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story...

Fort Scott City Commissioners passed a resolution to adopt the 2024 budget during their regular meeting Tuesday. Ben Hart of Baker Tilly, which is contracted with the city to provide financial director duties for the city, presented budget information to the commissioners during a public hearing to consider the 2024 budget and a levy rate that will exceed the revenue neutral rate. ...

If anyone said there was nothing to do in Bourbon County this weekend, they didn’t look hard. The Fort Scott National Historic Site hosted “Labors and Leisure on the Frontier” Saturday through Monday, which featured programs of the working life on the fort as well as old fashioned games and music...