Stories from Saturday, July 26, 2014

When the Bourbon County Commissioners meet Monday, they expect to sign a contract with a financial firm that will assist the county in a new jail project. Even though the commissioners have discussed the project often, and have also met with representatives from various professional services, signing the contract will be the first official step towards the jail project taken by the commissioners...

When the Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees began their special meeting Tuesday, they were handed a letter proclaiming a vote of no confidence in FSCC President Clayton Tatro. The letter was from members of the Fort Scott College Association of Professional Employees (FSCAPE)...

Montana LaRoche, 11, of Fort Scott, creates a colorful flower using sidewalk chalk during the Art Walk Friday evening in downtown Fort Scott. Laroche is the daughter of Washington Nationals first baseman and Fort Scott native Adam LaRoche and his wife, Jennifer...

Lily Knight, 102, of Fort Scott, died at her home Thursday evening, July 24, 2014. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday July 30, 2014 at the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home. A full obituary will appear later in the Tribune.

Albert E. Beadell, age 102, a resident of Avondale, Ariz., a former resident of Fort Scott, died Friday, July 25, 2014, at his home. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott.

Fort Scott Community College's football team was voted to finish seventh place when the Jayhawk Conference coaches' poll was released at a media conference in Wichita Friday afternoon. The Greyhounds will begin their fourth year under head coach Curtis Horton at Frary Field on Aug. 30 with a 1 p.m. kickoff against Iowa Central, one of three games against team from Iowa this season...