Stories from Tuesday, April 21, 2020

A city commissioner received a censure during the Fort Scott City Commission meeting Tuesday night. Commissioners met with city attorney Jeff Deane and Fort Scott Human Resource Director Deb Needleman in an executive session to discuss non-elected personnel and attorney-client privilege information. The 20-minute session was extended five minutes...

Rosa Jane Sutterby, age 97, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Monday, April 20, 2020. She was born in Mapleton, Kan., on March 10, 1923, the daughter of Charles and Bertha White Wilson. She was united in marriage to George Sutterby on July 4, 1948 in Bentonville, Ark. ...

Several small businesses have either closed or closed their doors to the public. That doesn’t mean there isn’t activity. Construction projects, such as at the corner of Main and 1st streets continue.

Before public gatherings were prohibited under first a countywide, then a statewide coronavirus pandemic stay-at-home order, Adam LaRoche and his mother, Patty LaRoche, presented one of the last programs held at the Fort Scott Rotary Club. They spoke of work they have been doing to prevent human trafficking...

During the statewide school building shutdown, the focus at Uniontown USD 235 has been on continuing education for students, according to Superintendent Bret Howard. That means other projects, programs and plans have been placed on the backburner. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story...