Stories from Friday, April 30, 2021

Fort Scott City Commissioners on Tuesday agreed to resend requests for proposals for the interior demolition of the Eagle Block building at 10 N. National Ave. According to Community Development Manager Allyson Turvey, the RFPs were due Tuesday, but the city did not receive any response...

One of the health care providers located in the former Mercy Hospital Fort Scott building has announced it has purchased a building with the intent to renovate. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

Discussion during a portion of Tuesday’s Bourbon County Commission meeting centered on incentives for new development in the county. Property owner Robert Coon talked to commissioners about a piece of property he owns at 1708 E. Wall St., which he plans to rehabilitate by building a new spec home...

Barbara Sue Smith Michael, age 76, of Blue Mound, Kan., died Feb. 2, 2021. A memorial service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, May 8, 2021 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Burial will follow in Sunny Slope Cemetery. Contributions are suggested to Care to Share of Linn County, in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box J, Mound City, KS 66056. Family and friends may leave on-line condolences at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Lloyd Eugene McGee, Jr., age 70, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Thursday, March 18, 2021. A graveside memorial service at Fort Scott National Cemetery will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Contributions are suggested to Disabled American Veterans, in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box J, Mound City, KS 66056. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

A combination of several factors has led a young Fort Scott High School Tiger varsity baseball team on a seven-game win streak as of Friday. The Tigers, who started the season 0-7, have won seven straight since winning a doubleheader with Parsons on April 13 – the Tigers’ first wins of the season...

The Fort Scott Tiger varsity baseball team picked up its seventh straight win this season and exacted a little revenge on the Pittsburg Purple Dragons with a 16-4 walloping of its SEK foe Wednesday afternoon at Dave Regan Stadium. The Tigers (7-7 overall, 7-2 in the SEK) collected 16 runs on 12 hits and scored at least one run through the first four innings of the five-inning contest, which Fort Scott won due to the 10-run rule after five innings...

PAOLA -- Late scoring cost the Fort Scott High School Lady Tigers in the first game of a Thursday doubleheader with Paola, and despite a late-game rally, the Lady Tigers also dropped game two. The Lady Tigers (6-9) collected four hits and four runs in a 6-4 loss in game one. Paola rallied after trailing 4-1 to score a total of five runs in the fifth and sixth innings. Paola tallied six runs on eight hits...