Stories from Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Lois Ann Simons, age 87, Mound City, Kan., passed away Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025 at the Curry Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. to departing for the cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to Concern Inc.  Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. ...

Brenda Louise Lawrence, age 67, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, at her home. She was born May 14, 1958, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of John Edward Chastain and Betty Louise Rupert Chastain. Brenda married Jack William Lawrence on Dec. ...

Betty Joan Haupt, age 93, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, at the La Cygne Christian Church. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2 at the Schneider Funeral Home, La Cygne Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to Celebrate Recovery or La Cygne Christian Church. Online condolences can be left at wwww.schneiderfunerals.com...

Paul David Hamilton passed away at his home on the family farm outside of Pleasanton, Kan., on Sept. 23, 2025. A Celebration of Life will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Hamilton Farm. Memorial contributions can be made to the Paul Hamilton Memorial or Warrior Tribe Foundation. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Mary Alice Fagg, age 92, formerly of Garnett, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, at Fort Scott Presbyterian Village in Fort Scott, Kan. Mary Alice Cash was born on July 30, 1933, the daughter of Cecil and May (Auger) Cash. Mary was the second child of their children. ...

Bourbon County Commissioners on Monday approved changes to an intersection at North National Avenue and 218th Street. The commission unanimously approved a motion by Commission Chairman David Beerbower to remove stop signs going east and west on North National at that intersection, changing a four-way stop to a two-way stop. Beerbower also said the public works department would be informed of the change...

The Bourbon County Commission has unanimously approved a budget that falls below the revenue neutral rate. During a special meeting Friday, commissioners reviewed funds in each department, as well as the general fund, commission fund and funds of elected officials to determine if additional cuts could be made on top of a 1.4% cut to funds not set by state statute, and a 5% decrease in commodities for all budgets...