Stories from Friday, June 13, 2025

Ruby Frances Brown, age 85, of Duenweg, Mo., passed away on Saturday, June 7, 2025 at Saint Luke’s Nursing Center. Ruby was born on Jan. 29, 1940, in Fort Scott, Kan., to the late union of Charles and Leota (McVey) Large. She was a 1958 graduate of Fort Scott High School. ...

Windfred Allen DeMott, ate 84, resident of Bronaugh, Mo., passed away Saturday, June 7, 2025, at his home. Services for Windfred Allen DeMott will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

The Bourbon County Republican Party unanimously appointed Samuel Tran as the new county commissioner for the First District during a convention Thursday evening at Fort Scott Community College. See Saturday's print or online edition for full story.

The public had a chance to meet and ask questions of the first two finalists for the position of president at Fort Scott Community College during forums Friday afternoon at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center. The forums took place after the FSCC Board of Trustees conducted two special meetings earlier Friday concerning the presidential search in the Hedges Administration Building. ...