Stories from Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Adam Wayne Bancroft, age 48, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, June 21, 2019, as the result of a vehicle accident East of Fort Scott on Hwy. 54. He was born Jan. 10, 1971, in Lansing, Mich., the son of Dennis W. Bancroft and Pamela Faye Perkins Hickman. ...

For the first time in about four years, Fort Scott will field an American Legion Post 25 team this summer. Organizers of the team have formed a 14-player roster consisting mostly of young men 15 to 16 years of age. The team will play four games this summer against other American Legion AA teams, including Pittsburg, Columbus and Iola...

The county’s paving season got underway Monday with a new-to-the-county asphalt paver. This year’s paving projects include 5.5 miles on 235th beginning at Walnut and Franklin Streets in Fort Scott to Soldier Road; and 3 miles on 125th beginning at the Mapleton city limits. As of Monday, Bourbon County Commissioner Jeff Fischer had not made his request for asphalt projects in District 2...

The four-lane expansion of U.S. Highway 69 from Kansas City to Interstate Highway 44 is one step closer to being completed this week. On Monday, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held to herald the opening of six miles of four lanes south of Fort Scott to the Bourbon-Crawford county line...