Stories from Friday, November 2, 2018

Thomas Joe Applegate, age 63, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, at his home. He was born Sept. 8, 1955, in Ft. Scott, the son of Thomas C. Applegate and Frances Jo Mason Applegate. Tom married Deborah Elaine Lee on Aug. ...

PITTSBURG — Fort Scott High School was picked to tie for fourth place in the Southeast Kansas League and Uniontown was voted second in the Three Rivers League in a poll of coaches announced at an Eastern Kansas wrestling media conference at Pittsburg State University Thursday...

On Tuesday, voters will be asked to decide whether Bourbon County’s law regarding food sales in alcohol establishments should be required. The question for Bourbon County reads, “Shall the sale of alcohol liquor by the individual drink in Bourbon County, Kansas, be allowed in public places without a requirement that any portion of their gross sales be from the sale of food?”...

As Bourbon County Commissioners work to organize a new ambulance service to operate after Mercy Hospital closes its doors Dec. 31, they have encountered issues. Commissioners addressed some of those issues Thursday afternoon, when they met for a special meeting to discuss an ambulance service in the city and county...

Sandy Areu waits on her porch as trick-or-treaters Reegan McDaniel, Landon McDaniel and Avery McDaniel approach her decorated house Wednesday night. The home of George and Sandy Areu at 502 S. Eddy St., featured a display that included skeletons, ghosts and a variety of Halloween-Themed artwork and spooky creatures...

BASEHOR — Seventh-seeded Fort Scott was within a one score of second-seeded Basehor-Linwood at the end of three quarters here Friday night in a Class 4A Regional Playoff Game. The host Bobcats (9-1) outscored the Tigers 14-0 in the fourth quarter and went on to take a 31-14 victory, advancing to a Class 4A Sectional Playoff game versus third-seeded Paola that they’ll play in Basehor next Friday. The Panthers (9-1) had a scare of their own from sixth-seeded Tonganoxie before winning, 35-13...