Stories from Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Although the process has been delayed, taxpayers can expect their tax statements soon, according to Bourbon County Treasurer Jennifer Hawkins. On Tuesday, Hawkins told the Tribune tax statements were mailed last week using a third party vendor. See Wednesday's print or online edition for full story...

Bourbon County employees could receive a bonus in their pay after the Bourbon County Commission approved about $50,000 in longevity pay during a special meeting Nov. 18. Commissioners passed by a 2-1 vote a motion by Commissioner Samuel Tran to move $305,000 from the jail sales tax fund into the sheriff’s operational fund, then move $55,100 in ad valorem tax to the general fund for longevity pay. The move would leave $250,000 in the sheriff’s operational fund, Tran said...

Garin Richard Williams, 50, died on Nov. 19, 2025. He was born on Jan. 4, 1975, in Fort Scott, the oldest child and only son of Steve and Marci Williams – parents whose steady love shaped him, grounded him, and was returned to them a thousandfold. From an early age, they nurtured in him a deep devotion to family, a lifelong passion for sports, and a profound love for his heritage. ...

James Lee “Jim” Scott, age 79, formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of Excelsior, Minn., passed away Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, at the Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia, Minn. Services for Jim Scott will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel...