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Overdraft fees follow payroll switch the county was warned against

Bourbon County used to run its payroll inside CIC, the same program it uses to keep its books. In August 2025 the county commission voted to stop doing that and to pay Emerson & Company for access to its PayEntry software instead. Before the vote, the county clerk warned commissioners that PayEntry would not fit the county’s accounting system.

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AmericanMaid Plastics to bring 200-plus jobs to Fort Scott's old Timken building

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Kansas man gets probation for soliciting child

A Bourbon County will only serve probation on child sex crimes. Late last month a judge sentenced Michael Shaw, 51, to 36 months probation

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City suspends solar award to seek bids; $558,564 sewer truck ties 2-2

The Fort Scott City Commission voted 3-1 on Nov. 3 to suspend its award for the solar project it approved two weeks earlier so the city can look for other bids. Commissioners also tied 2-2 on a $558,564 sewer cleaner truck and put off decisions on selling lake lots and hiring a new tourism marketing firm until Nov. 17.

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Sheriff’s $90,139 computer bill fails 2-2; county bars personal use of its property

FORT SCOTT — A resolution to pay $90,139.25 from the county’s jail sales tax fund for the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office to move to its own computer services failed on a 2-2 vote Monday, after Chairman Gregg Motley said he had been flooded with calls from people who believe the equipment is overpriced. The commission put the item back on next week’s agenda.

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SEK Match Week 2026 Offers $210,000 in Matching Funds

The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas (CFSEK) and its affiliates in Columbus, Fort Scott, and Girard are hosting their second annual Match Week event November 9-13, 2026. Match Week is a fundraising campaign that provides matching funds for community contributions to participating charitable funds, amplifying donors’ generosity. This year, $210,000...

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