Stories from Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Russell Pippin, age 88, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Monday April 26, 2021. a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 1, 2021 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Burial will be in the Osawatomie Cemetery. ...

Ramona Mae Saxer, age 81, a resident of Richmond, Texas, passed away Sunday, April 25, 2021, at the Memorial Hermann Hospital in Sugar Land, Texas. She was born May 24, 1939, in Zenith, Kan., the only daughter of Clair Keesling and Bernice Beltz Keesling. ...

Fort Scott High School’s varsity baseball team extended its winning streak to six games with a 7-5 victory over Labette County Monday evening in Altamont. The game was completed after being suspended due to weather Friday evening in Fort Scott. Action picked up Monday in the bottom of the second inning with Fort Scott batting and the game tied, 3-3...

Those involved in the creation and operation of the LaRoche Baseball Complex met during a Fort Scott City Commission work session to discuss the original inter-local agreement, finances, how responsibilities have changed since the complex opened and ideas for the future...

Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday voted to lift a mask mandate for the courthouse and other county buildings, with the exception of the courthouse’s third floor where the Bourbon County District Court is located. Other entities such as private businesses and schools in the community can maintain mask mandates if they choose...