Stories from Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Joseph E. Harper, age 75, a resident of Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements for Joseph Harper will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Wheeler E. Cortner, age 91, formerly of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. Graveside funeral service will be held 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, 2020 at the Rosebank Cemetery, Mulberry, Kan. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Schneider Funeral Home, Mound City Chapel. ...

Rachelle Renee Smith, age 37, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Nov. 2, 2020 in her home. She was born Oct. 25, 1983, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Charles Ernest Elliott Jr. and Kenna Kay Elliott. She was married to Mark Smith Oct. 9, 2004-2017, and they created two wonderful boys, Logan Thomas, and Gavin Michael. ...

The unbeaten Fort Scott Tigers dominated the Bonner Springs Braves last Friday night, running away in the second half to win their opening round playoff game 48-22 at Frary Field. Friday’s victory marked the first playoff win under second year head coach Bo Graham, who has seen his Tiger team turn a 1-8 record from a year ago to a perfect 7-0 record this year and will face the defending 4A state champion Stags from Bishop Miege this Friday night at Frary Field...

The Fort Scott High School girls’ cross country team finished eighth and the boys’ squad placed 10th at the 2020 Kansas State High School Activities Association Class 3A and 4A Cross Country Championships Saturday at the Wamego Country Club. In the 5K run, Fort Scott’s girls finished with a total score of 194, total time of 1:56:10 and average time of 23:24. Baldwin High School’s girls’ team finished first in 4A with a total score of 39, total time of 1:46:05 and average time of 21:13...

Led by a sixth place finish from freshman Gudisa Adnow, the No. 14 Fort Scott Community College men’s cross country team finished eighth at the Region VI/KJCCC Championship Cross Country Meet Oct. 30 in El Dorado. Cowley College placed first in the team competition, followed by Cloud Hutchinson, Allen, Butler, Dodge City, Colby, Highland, Garden City, Northwest Kansas and Coffeyville...

Incumbents in several Bourbon County races will keep their seats, and a question on the ballot to continue a 1-percent countywide sales tax passed, according to unofficial election results released Tuesday night. See Wednesday's print or online edition for complete story...

On the night of the general election, the Fort Scott City Commissioners on Tuesday voted to place a call for a special election to ask citizens to decide the future of reserve funds in the sewer and storm sewer funds. The election will be held Jan. 5. If the question is passed by voters, the charter ordinance will go into effect...

The annual Halloween parade and other activities sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce on Saturday may have drawn the event’s largest-ever attendance. The event included some activities prior to the parade, which went down Main Street as costumed youth and their families trick-or-treated at retail stores and other businesses along Main Street. Following the parade, hot dogs, chips and drinks were served to costumed participants...