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County asked to pay for newly hired employee’s leave due to contracting COVID-19 at work
(Local News ~ 11/10/20)
Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin and Bourbon County Law Enforcement Major Bobby Reed urged Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday to consider putting a policy in place dealing with county employees impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story...
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Offer made to interim city manager
(Local News ~ 11/10/20)
Following two executive sessions during a special meeting Monday, Fort Scott City Commissioners voted 3-2 to offer a contract to Jeff Hancock of Camdenton, Mo., as the interim city manager. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story...
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Lyons to be Veterans Day parade marshal
(Local News ~ 11/10/20)
Laurence “Larry” Lyons will be the grand marshal for the third annual Veterans Day Parade, which will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday. Parade participants are to line up along Main Street from Sixth Street south to the high school. The parade will proceed north on Main Street to Wall Street, then west to National Avenue and south...
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Eloise Frisbie Robbins
(Obituary ~ 11/10/20)
Eloise Frisbie Robbins passed away peacefully Tuesday, Oct. 27, in Freeman, Mo., at the home she shared with her daughter, Jessie, and son-in-law, Terry Carter. Mrs. Robbins was a month from her 90th birthday, Nov. 24. Born in Gallup, N.M., in 1930, Eloise was the first child and only daughter of Letha (Lowe) and Arthur Frisbie. ... -
Thomas Franklin “T.F.” Edmonds
(Obituary ~ 11/10/20)
Thomas Franklin “T.F.” Edmonds, age 92, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. He was born on Jan. 14, 1928 in Burbank, Calif., the son of Dale and Dorthea Curran Edmonds. He graduated from Blue Mound High School. T.F. proudly served his country in the Korean War in the United States Army. ... -
Linda Joyce Poyner
(Obituary ~ 11/10/20)
Linda Joyce Poyner, age 70, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, at her home. She was born Jan. 27, 1950, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Arthur Scott Bolden and Neva Ruth Wolfe Bolden. Linda graduated from the Fort Scott High School. ... -
Virginia Lee Kohl
(Obituary ~ 11/10/20)
Virginia Lee Kohl, age 88, Overland Park, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. Graveside funeral service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020 at the Littell Cemetery. Contributions are suggested to Ascend Hospice in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 525, Pleasanton, KS 66075. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...
