Stories from Tuesday, September 14, 2021

George Edwin McReynolds, age 79, passed away Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at the Medicalodges of Fort Scott. He was born Nov. 22, 1941 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Truman and Ethel Leona Pitts McReynolds. George worked a Walmart for 32 years and was manager of the electronics department. He loved to hunt and fish. He enjoyed putting together puzzles and spending time with his two dogs. George loved spending time with family and friends, especially his time with the grandkids...

Rev. James "David" Tucker, age 91, a resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, September 11, 2021, at his home. He was born in Gravette, Arkansas, on December 20, 1929, to Charles Kenyan and Nora Belle Haddock Tucker, the youngest of 14 children. ...

The Fort Scott High School Tigers football team will start its SEK League schedule this Friday by hosting the Bulldogs of Independence High School. Last Friday, the Tigers fell to 0-2 on the young season losing to the Bears of Butler (Mo.) High School 31-22 in Butler...

The Fort Scott Community College Greyhound football team has fallen to 0-2 on the season after a 76-24 shellacking by Garden City Community College Saturday night at Frary Field. The Greyhounds (0-2 in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference) mustered only 14 first downs to Garden City’s 31, while converting only 24 percent of their third-down opportunities. The Broncbusters converted 44 percent of their third-down changes and went three-for-five on fourth down...

Fort Scott High School’s varsity volleyball team went 2-2 in a varsity tournament Saturday in Frontenac. The Lady Tigers, who have an overall record of 5-2, defeated Columbus by scores of 25-16, 25-8, and Pierce City 25-12, 20-25 and 25-19. The Lady Tigers fell 21-25, 14-25 to Colgan and 20-25, 20-25 to Baxter...

USD 234 USD 234 staff and students will continue to be required to wear masks, at least for another month, after action Monday night by the USD 234 Board of Education. USD 235 The Uniontown Board of Education on Monday night approved a change in the district’s policy for COVID-19 mitigation...

Fort Scott National Historic Site officials have made some early discoveries following a geophysical survey of the site grounds in August. A four-person crew from the Midwest Archaeological Center, an office of the National Park Service in Lincoln, Neb., used modern technology to survey various areas on the fort grounds. The crew spent about two weeks at the site using technology that includes magnetometry, resistance, conductivity, ground-penetrating radar and magnetic susceptibility...