Stories from Saturday, July 30, 2016

Shirley Ann Isaac, age 74, resident of Fort Scott died Friday, July 29, 2016, at the Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. Funeral services for Shirley Isaac will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Virginia C. Lyons, age 83, former resident of Fort Scott, more recently of Pittsburg, Kan., died Thursday evening, July 28, 2016, at the Golden Living Center, Pittsburg. Services for Virginia Lyons will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St...

Robert Henry Short, age 86, Linn Valley, Kan., passed away Thursday, July 28, 2016 at the Olathe Medical Center. Funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 1, 2016 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Burial will be 2 p.m. ...

Frank Lester Grosshart entered the world on May 13, 1942 and was taken into the loving arms of the Lord on July 28, 2016. Frank was born to Lloyd and Winnie (Gregg) Grosshart who lived by Boicourt, Kan. He attended Pleasanton School and graduated in 1960. ...

Roy Leon Culbertson, age 89, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed from this earth on July 28, 2016. He was born Sept. 23, 1926, in Bourbon County, Kan., to Joseph Roy and Alpharetta Elizabeth (Mason) Culbertson. On Sept. 3, 1950, he married Shirley Joann Leist. ...

Fort Scott firefighters work to cut through the roof of a residence in the 600 block of Crawford Street in order to get a fire hose into the house and battle a fire that broke out late Friday morning in the upstairs portion of the residence. Several local emergency units responded to the fire, including the FSFD, Mercy EMS, the Fort Scott Police Department and Bourbon County Sheriff's Office. ...

Heather Cutshall, Fort Scott Community College director of public relations, asked the Board of Trustees for people recommendations for an advisory group to improve communications with the community. "Members from the community to see what they'd like to see (the college) doing," Cutshall said."If you have suggestions of people that you think would be good to be a part of that, I'd love to hear about them."...

A seven-member crew is working on the front of the high school building. Soon a canopy over the western-most front door will begin, James Klein, A-Lert foreman, said. To be completed are the roofs over the band room and the locker room. The project will be finished the third week of September, Site Superintendent Michael Wright, told the Tribune. ...

Russell eliminates Post 25 on game's final play; Larned is lone unbeaten team