Stories from Friday, August 26, 2022

Elvin “Dale” Wiley, 78, of Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. He was born Jan. 4, 1944, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Fred Funston and Opal Virginia (Duncan) Wiley. He married Annetta Marie Harth on May 12, 1962, in Fort Scott. They were married for 60 years, and Marie survives of the home...

Norma Jean Fitzsimmons, 90, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday morning, Aug. 23, 2022, at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. She was born July 8, 1932, in Redfield, Kan., the daughter of Harry Earl and Pearl (Gunsolley) Wilson. She married Richard Donald Fitzsimmons on Aug. 16, 1950, and he preceded her in death May 4, 2010...

Arraignment for the defendant in a 2021 double-murder case was reset Monday in Bourbon County District Court. Robert Myers, the attorney for Dawson James Mitchell, requested a continuance as he said there were email communications he needed to discuss with his client...

Bees living inside a boarded window at the back of the Diehl Banwart Bolton building found themselves evicted, but then relocated to a new hive in the country. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

Bourbon County Commissioners are looking at a flat mill levy, but would have to cut about $300,000 out of the budget in order to be revenue neutral. Commissioners and other county officials discussed the situation during a budget work session Aug. 19 at the courthouse...

Fort Scott native and former Major League Baseball player Adam LaRoche received a nod on Thursday from the federal government for his life-saving efforts while traveling in 2021. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

With one week until the regular season kicks off, fans of the Fort Scott High School Tiger football team got a glimpse of the offense and defense in action during the Preseason Jamboree Friday night at Frary Field. Participating teams - Fort Scott, the Ottawa Cyclones and Louisburg Wildcats - were able to run 18 offensive plays during each session. The varsity and JV teams scrimmaged on the north end of the field, while the freshmen scrimmaged on the south end...

Fort Scott High School’s varsity girls’ tennis squad opened its season with a fourth-place finish Thursday at the Parsons Invitational. The Lady Tigers scored five points to finish fourth behind Independence in first with 13 points; Parsons in second with 12 points; and Pittsburg in third with eight points. Coffeyville finished fifth place with two points...