Stories from Friday, October 29, 2021

John Paul Haggard, age 77, of Forsythe, Mont., left this world for his place in Heaven on Oct. 28, 2021. There was cremation. Private family interment will take place at a future date in the U.S. National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan. Memorials are suggested to the John Haggard Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Earl D. Ward, 88, of Pittsburg, Kan., passed away at 3:20 a.m., Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, at Oakview Estates. He was born July 11, 1933, at Uniontown, Kan., the son of Floyd E. and Opal K. (Hancock) Ward. He would go onto graduate from Uniontown High School in 1951 and Kansas State Teachers College in 1969...

Angelo Eugene Dell’Antonia, age 82, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, at the Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo. He was born Oct. 25, 1939, in Arma, Kan., the son of William and Viola Dell’Antonia. He graduated from the...

Bourbon County Regional Economic Development Director Rob Harrington responded on Oct. 19 to comments he has heard regarding whether the county has the authority to release a property from overdue taxes. Harrington’s comments came during the Fort Scott City Commission meeting...

City and county leaders discussed potential ideas for collaboration between the two entities during a work session Tuesday at the Empress Event Center. Topics discussed during the meeting included working together to save money on construction and demolition materials, using inmates at the Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center for city projects, taxes and economic development...

The Fort Scott Community College Greyhound men’s basketball team will hit the court in 2021-22 with a roster that features only two returning players. Those players, who earned All-Conference honors last season, are shooting guard Peter Simon, a 5’8” sophomore guard from Beaumont, Texas, and Maurice Grayer, a 6’3” sophomore guard from Springfield, Mo...

ATCHISON - The Fort Scott High School Tigers’ attempt at a comeback fell short Friday night against the Atchison Phoenix in the first round of the Class 4A State Football Championship. The Tigers, a No. 14 seed in the east bracket, played perhaps their best football of the season in a 14-6 loss to the No. 3 seeded Phoenix (8-1) who will advance to regionals on Friday, Nov. 5. The Tigers finished the season at 1-8...