Stories from Friday, August 1, 2014

Richard Earl Hefflefinger, age 78, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Visitation will be held 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, 2014 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Cremation will follow visitation. The family suggests contributions to Mercy Hospice. On line condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel...

Norma Hoyt-Page, 84, of Fort Scott, died Thursday afternoon July 31, 2014 at the Medicalodge. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

A Fort Scott man was arrested Tuesday afternoon on drug charges and was still incarcerated as of Thursday, law enforcement officials said. Officers took 45-year-old Brent Stewart, of Fort Scott, into custody at 4:42 p.m. Tuesday near Wall and Caldwell streets on arrest warrants for various drug charges. The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office and the Fort Scott Police Department worked together on the case...

Fort Scott police continue to tackle an ongoing problem in the area -- drugs. The Tribune recently sat down with Fort Scott Police Chief Travis Shelton, and FSPD detectives Jason Pickert and Brian Thurston to discuss drugs that are on the rise and others that continue to cause problems in society...

Equipment, furniture and space have been updated for the Fort Scott Community College Cosmetology School which moved back to the campus after 25 years in a downtown location. The location of the new facility is the renovated vocational technology building at FSCC...