Stories from Friday, November 10, 2017

The Fort Scott Fire Department responded to a fire at Sugarfoot & Peaches BBQ shortly before 3 p.m. Friday. Firefighters were expected to remain on the scene for about three to four hours. Fire Chief Paul Ballou said it is too early to determine the cause of the blaze but the business has suffered “heavy damage.” The owner and at least one other person were at the scene and nobody was inside when the fire department arrived, Ballou said. More details will be available by Monday...

Larry Wayne Johnston, 72, of rural Liberal, Mo., died at 9:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. Mr. Johnston was born Nov. 24, 1944 in Fort Scott, the son of Wayne Caldwell and Margaret Lucille Wirt Johnston. Larry was a retired truck driver who owned and operated Johnston Brothers Trucking for 30 years. He was raised in Bronaugh, Mo., and graduated from Bronaugh High School in 1962. He married Kathryn A. Bright on May 27, 1967 at the Christian Church in Bronaugh, Mo...

Mary Elizabeth Johnson, age 78, former resident of Fort Scott and more recently of Kansas City, Mo., died, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, at the Highland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. She was born, Aug. 25, 1939 in Ghent, N.Y., the daughter of Nathaniel Johnson and Marion Gangloff Johnson. ...

DE SOTO — De Soto scored twice quickly in the first 2 1/2 minutes of play here Friday night and the Wildcats never let up, going on to a 49-13 victory over Fort Scott High in a Class 4A-Division I Sectional Playoff Game. The Tigers, who didn't get on the board until the fourth quarter, finished their season at 8-3...