Stories from Friday, November 17, 2023

Bourbon County Commissioners have signed off on an alternative energy project that would result in the installation of solar panels on several properties in the southwest portion of the county. On Monday, commissioners unanimously approved Commissioner Clifton Beth’s motion to adopt a development agreement, a road use agreement, a decommissioning agreement and a contribution agreement with Hinton Creek Solar LLC, a limited liability company based in Delaware. ...

Bourbon County law enforcement officers were able to recapture an inmate who walked away from duty in a work release program Wednesday morning. According to a news release from Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin, Melvin Foley, 54, an inmate in the Bourbon County Jail, walked away from the work release program while on detail duty Wednesday morning. The inmates and correctional center staff supervisors were working in the 2100 block of South Horton Street in Fort Scott...

A Fort Scott woman was sentenced Wednesday to two years of probation for her involvement in felony theft and forgery from a local law firm. During a sentencing hearing in Bourbon County District Court, Judge Nancy Parrish sentenced Alexa Leigh Metcalf, who formerly worked for the Mason & Clark Law Office, LLC in Fort Scott, to 24 months probation, as well as a restitution fee of $40,000 due on or before Dec. 31...