Stories from Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Elizabeth A. Hill, age 84, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, Kan. She was born on Feb. 27, 1938, in Los Angeles County, Calif., the daughter of Theodore Joseph Davis and May Olive Howe Davis. ...

Donald Ted Mead, age 77, Mt Vernon, Mo., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Sunday, March 6, 2022. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2022 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.   ...

Tynce “Tiny” Lloyd Joles, 68, of Girard, Kan., formerly of Hiattville, Kan., passed away Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Girard Medical Center. He was born March 23, 1953, the son of Harry Shadden and Colleen Joles in Coalgate, Okla. He married Emily Nichole Stanley on Jan. 13, 2021 in Mound City, Kan. She survives of the home...

Note: Tribune Sports Editor Jason E. Silvers contributed to this report. Saturday night, Uniontown High School’s Lady Eagle basketball team ran into the juggernaut that is the undefeated St. Mary’s Colgan Panthers in a Class 2A Sub-State championship game in Uniontown...

Bourbon County Commissioners plan to consider a resolution that would set guidelines for liquor sales in the county. On Tuesday, commissioners talked with County Counselor Justin Meeks about laws regarding liquor sales and what a resolution would entail...

About 20 people attended a Fort Scott Street Advisory Board meeting to share their thoughts on preserving the city’s brick streets. The advisory board will make a recommendation to the city commission. Board President Charles Gentry said board members will review their notes and discuss what recommendation they will make during their next meeting, which will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 14...