Stories from Friday, February 16, 2024

Helen Wade, 87, of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday morning, Feb. 15, 2024, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. Helen Lois Jackson Wade was born the daughter of Robert Elmer Jackson, Jr. and Orpha Geraldine (Dowty) Jackson, in rural Neodesha, Kan., on June 7, 1936, joining her sibling Jimmy, who was two years older. Her mother passed shortly after her birth of pneumonia...

Pauline S. Hart, 85, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday evening, February 14, 2024, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. Graveside services for Pauline will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, at the Large – Pleasant View Cemetery, under the direction of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home. The complete obituary will appear in the Wednesday edition of the Tribune and online...

City of Fort Scott officials are moving forward with plans to address exterior repairs to Memorial Hall, a nearly 100-year-old venue that houses various community organizations and in recent years, has begun to host more events for the community. See Saturday's print or online edition for full story...

State legislation that could create a lake and other developments in the northwest part of Bourbon County will be removed from a legislative committee and possibly be reviewed next session. On Wednesday, Sen. Tim Shallenburger, a District 13 Republican who introduced the bill, said Senate Bill 497 had been referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources on Monday, but after response to the legislation, lawmakers have decided to let the bill sit until next session...

It was an electric atmosphere as the Fort Scott High School Tiger basketball teams battled their Class 5A rival Pittsburg Dragons on Homecoming Night Friday in the FSHS gym. See Saturday's print or online edition for full story.