Stories from Friday, June 30, 2023

Stephen Brent Wolf died June 14 at his home in Mexico City. He was 72 years old. Steve was born May 16, 1951, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Frank and Nella Wolf, Jr. He lived with his family on a farm southwest of Fort Scott. He graduated from Fort Scott High School and Fort Scott Community College, where he was valedictorian. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kan...

Bourbon County firefighters battled flames, smoke and extremely hot temperatures as they tried to contain a house fire Wednesday afternoon on North Barbee Street. Fort Scott Fire Chief Dave Bruner said the department received a report at 2:08 p.m. of a structure fire at 11 N. Barbee St...

Andre Juaquin Willard, age 47, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Fort Scott. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 3 at the Evergreen Cemetery in Fort Scott. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Walter Lee McCarty II, age 62, Mound City, Kan., passed away Thursday, June 29, 2023.  No formal service is scheduled. Memorial contributions can be made to Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box J, Mound City, Kan., to help with expenses.  Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.  ...

Deborah (Debbie) S. McCallum, age 61, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away at her home on Monday, June 26, 2023 surrounded by family. Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, July 8, 2023 at Wesley Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, July 7, 2023 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton, Kan., Chapel.  Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Cancer Society and may be sent in care of the funeral home to: Schneider Funeral Home P.O. ...

Saundra Nell Carlson, age 85, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in Fort Scott. She was born Dec. 19, 1937, in Stotesbury, Mo., the daughter of Ora Lynell Stuart and Rama Alexander Stuart. Saundra graduated from the Fort Scott High School with the Class of 1955. ...

The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees has narrowed its search for the college’s next president to three finalists. The board plans to conduct special board meetings on three upcoming dates in order to interview finalists for the position. The meetings will take place at 6 p.m. on July 5, July 6 and July 10 on the college campus...

Sentencing was set Wednesday after a plea of no contest was entered in the case of a Fort Scott woman who faced charges of alleged felony theft and forgery involving a local law firm. During a plea hearing in Bourbon County District Court, Judge Nancy Parrish accepted Alexa Leigh Metcalf’s plea of no contest to count one of a criminal complaint filed Aug. ...