Stories from Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Marjorie Earline (Hildabrand) Wulz Foster, age 93, former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, May 22, 2025, at Arma Health and Rehab in Arma, Kan. She was born Aug. 13, 1931, in Hunter, Okla., the daughter of Chester Austin and Clara Neil (Blanchard) Hildabrand. Earline graduated from Hunter High School in 1949. She then attended community college in Tonkawa, Okla., and graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1963 with a degree in dietetics and nutrition...

The judge in a civil lawsuit involving Bourbon County Commissioners and solar energy companies granted a motion for partial dismissal of the plaintiffs in the case during a hearing May 19 in Bourbon County District Court. District Court Judge Richard Fisher heard oral arguments from attorneys in the case, which included defense attorney Jacob Bielenberg and attorneys representing Hinton Creek Solar LLC, Kingbird Solar Energy LLC and Tennyson Creek Solar LLC. ...

Bourbon County and state officials are trying to work together to address ongoing issues with the dam at Elm Creek Lake. On May 19, Bourbon County Commissioners allowed Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks District Fisheries Biologist Don George to speak during public comments as the topic was not on the meeting agenda...