Stories from Wednesday, November 25, 2020

A wanderer drifted into Fort Scott to stay for a couple of weeks before heading south for warmer weather. Actually, he rumbled in. Scotty Kekeres, known as Scooter “Tramp” Scotty, travels by a Harley-Davidson and lives in a tent. He stopped at Bobby Kemna’s farm to set up his tent in her shed for a few days. On Oct. 18, Kemna told the Tribune Kerekes preferred staying in his tent in her shed...

In a 5-2 vote Tuesday night, the USD 235 Board of Education voted to support Gov. Laura Kelly’s recent executive order requiring masks in public places, and to revisit the policy in February. Board members and other district officials discussed the importance of masks as a measure to return students to a normalized learning environment...

Armand Morris Opitz passed from this life to meet his Lord on Nov. 21, 2020. Armand was born in Baltimore, Md., on Sept. 8, 1935, as the only child of the late Jenny Irene Fischer Opitz and Frank Morris Opitz. Armand attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute for high school. ...