Stories from Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Joseph Albert Brungardt, age 83, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, May 31, 2019, at the Franklin House in Fort Scott. There was cremation. A graveside service with military honors will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 13 at the Memory Gardens Cemetery. ...

USD 234 district handbooks for the 2019-20 school year will include a policy for drug testing students at Fort Scott Middle School and Fort Scott High School. After a discussion and remarks from Superintendent Ted Hessong, the board approved handbooks for students at all four district schools, as well as the Fort Scott High School activities handbook, coaches handbook and district employee handbook. ...

Demolition of the old Stout Building at 1st Street and National Avenue is expected to wrap up today. After that, it will take about two weeks to clean up the rubble, then the lot will be used to store equipment needed to renovation the Union Block along Main Street into an apartment complex...

The fort’s Fourth of July programs included a time for old fashioned games. Younger visitors learned about the type of games kids played in the 1840s and the kind of toys they had. In this game, players used wooden drum sticks to toss and catch a wooden ring. Visitors could also learn about medical procedures, tour a historic garden and take guided tours of the fort during the weekend. The cannon was fired each hour on the Fourth of July as part of the artillery demonstration...