Stories from Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Shelby Frank Rice, age 87, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, at his home. He was born June 12, 1931, in Valiant, Okla., the son of Frank Rice and Nelia Thompson Rice. He married Sandra Brown in 1963. Following high school, Shelby graduated from barber school in Oklahoma. ...

Forrest E. “Slim” Hall, age 86, a resident of Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 8 at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. Funeral services for Slim Hall will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott.

James Kenneth Shelton, born Sept. 28, 1931, passed on the 8th day of January 2019, at his home after a brief illness. He was 87 years old. Mr. Shelton was born outside Richards, Mo., to James Jacob Shelton and Myrtle Mae (Lively) Shelton. He had seven brothers and sisters, Earl, Everett, Charles, Sheridan, Gilbert, Mildred and Margie. Mr. Shelton was a graduate of Fort Scott High School in 1949 and served his country as a Marine in the Korean War from 1951 to 1953. He received a Purple Heart...

Improving the economic climate in Bourbon County was the topic of the Tuesday afternoon discussion during the Bourbon County Commission meeting. Commissioners learned the county’s economic development director is preparing a survey for businesses and a business owner reported on work of the Fort Scott Community Visioning Committee and what individuals have learned from Wyandotte County. Commissioners also took comments from visitors who attended the meeting...

City officials are working on a solution following a recent announcement that a local supermarket plans to close its doors. A news release issued Monday by the city of Fort Scott said city officials learned Sunday the Price Chopper store, part of a redevelopment project at 2322 S. Main St., would soon be closing. Two other businesses included in the redevelopment district, called the Main Street Marketplace Subdivision, also plan to close...

The Fort Scott High School Tiger boys’ and girls’ basketball teams fell 55-42 and 49-34, respectively, to the Independence Bulldogs Tuesday night in the Tigerdome. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for the complete story.