Stories from Friday, November 1, 2019

Eva May Goebel, age 72, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 at her home. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019 at the Mound City United Methodist Church. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to service time at the church. Contributions are suggested to the Shriner's Childrens Hospital. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Debra Sue Salami, age 64, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, in Joplin, Mo. She was born June 16, 1955, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Will Henry Sharp and Alta Marie DeMoss Sharp. Debra graduated from the Fort Scott High School and later received an Associates Degree in nursing from Crowder College. ...

Evelyn Lavonne Feezell, age 80, left for her heavenly home, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She is survived by her daughter, Cindy Little, husband, Rod Little and granddaughter, Meagan Little, all of Waco, Texas; her son, James Feezell, of Fort Scott, Kan., her brother, Robert Skiles of Buena Park, Calif., and her husband of 59 years, Floyd Feezell, of Fort Scott...

The trick was on residents in Bourbon County Thursday morning as overnight snow left a skiff, covering decorations on a cold Halloween morning and fallen leaves. After the trick, Mother Nature’s treat was sunshine, followed by warmer temperatures on Friday and through the weekend...

Voters got a chance to know candidates running for seats on the USD 234 Board of Education, Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees and Fort Scott City Commission Tuesday night. The candidates spoke during a forum sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the FSCC campus...

Donned in their costumes, kindergarten students from Winfield Scott Elementary braved the cold Thursday morning to visit Country Place Senior Living. There, students paraded down hallways and through the dining and parlor areas.

The Fort Scott High School Tiger football team fell 28-7 to the Chanute Blue Comets in a first-round state playoff game Friday night in Chanute. The Tigers, who were knotted with the Blue Comets 0-0 after the first quarter, found themselves down 14-0 at halftime after Chanute scored two touchdowns in about a minute late in the second quarter...

The Fort Scott Community College Greyhound volleyball team will play host to the district playoffs for the first time in FSCC history Saturday, Nov. 9. The Hounds finished the season with an overall record of 28-4, including a 9-1 record in Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference play, giving them a second place finish in the conference...