Stories from Thursday, October 15, 2015

Jeff Newton, age 53, passed away Oct. 5, 2015 in Rolla, Kan. He was born July 16, 1962 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Paul and Jennie Newton. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1980. He married Dawnel Olinger on Nov. 14, 1981 in Hugoton, Kan...

Colyer Elton Cox, age 94, formerly of Fort Scott and more recently of DeSoto, Kan., died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo. He was born Sept. 23, 1921, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Colyer Eugene and Ethel M. ...