Stories from Friday, November 3, 2017

Nina Lea Hodgson, 101, of Mound City, Kan., died Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. Funeral Service will be held at 1 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Visitation will be from noon to service time at the Mound City Chapel. ...

Continued growth is on the horizon for the Fort Scott Municipal Airport. The airport has recently undergone some improvements and there are others on the slate in the coming years. In recent months, city officials learned of an economic development proposal that calls for new businesses at the airport, as well as an expansion and extension of the airport runway...

Sue DeMent, 81, of Fort Scott, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus, surrounded by family on Oct. 31, 2017 at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. Many may remember Sue from her days teaching at Eugene Ware and as the librarian at Winfield Scott in the 1960s. Prior to that she even taught at a one-room schoolhouse in Pawnee! Or they may remember her from the Fort Scott Public Library...