Stories from Tuesday, January 25, 2022

The Fort Scott High School Lady Tigers fell 58-39 to the Blue Springs Wildcats in the championship game of the Four State Raider Classic, while the Tiger boys were nipped by the Providence Academy Patriots 65-62 in the fifth place game Saturday in Frontenac...

The Fort Scott High School Tiger boys could not get shots to fall in a 47-29 loss to the Independence Bulldogs, while the FSHS Lady Tigers outlasted the Lady Bulldogs (7-4, 3-2) 39-36 Monday night in Independence. The Lady Tigers (9-3, 4-1) showed signs of being gassed late in the game after playing a string of games in only a few days. The Lady Tigers came out in second place at the Four State Raider Classic in Frontenac...

The champions of the annual Kenny Holt Memorial Tournament in Uniontown were decided after the Uniontown Eagles took on the Kansas City Christian Panthers Friday night. The Lady Eagles (9-1, 2-1) were honored after their game, and the KCC Panthers won the boys’ division...

Deborah Kay Parker, 70, of Redfield, Kan., passed away Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born Jan. 19, 1952, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Neil Benjamin and Anna Mae (Powell) Smith. She married Ronald Dean Parker April 18, 1971, in Fort Scott, Kan., and he survives of the home...

Anne Emerson, age 83, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at the Girard Medical Center in Girard, Kan. Services for Anne Emerson will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

A recent double-murder case has been set for a preliminary hearing and a 2017 murder case could be headed to jury trial. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

When Kelley Zellner walked through the doors at City Hall on Jan. 3 as Fort Scott’s city manager, he brought with him all he has learned about the five P’s – public works, projects, pinching pennies, policing and people. Zellner came to Fort Scott from Fredonia where he was the city manager, clerk, finance director and project director...