Stories from Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Questions and concerns about unregistered dogs and the city’s dog ordinance were topics of discussion at the Tuesday meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission. Spurring the discussion was a social media post issued Friday afternoon by the Fort Scott Police Department that beginning Monday, “a member of the department will be going door to door in our city” checking to ensure all dogs in the city have been registered...

U.S. Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins, right, shares a story with Holly Baker, chief of interpretation and resource management at the Fort Scott National Historic Site, and FSNHS Superintendent Betty Boyko inside one of the officer’s quarters during Jenkins’ visit to the historic site on Monday. ...

Lois “Nell” Dikeman, 90, of Fort Scott, died Monday evening Aug. 7, 2017, at her home. She was born Jan. 9, 1927, in Nolanville, Texas, the daughter of Ira Earl Cross Sr. and Naoma (Lucas) Cross. She married Howard Julin Dikeman Sept. 1, 1945, in Temple, Texas. He preceded her in death Oct. 20, 2002...