Stories from Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Nina Lou Thompson Worthington, age 71, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. Graveside memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 at the Moran Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. ...

TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly Monday announced that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine began arriving in Kansas Monday morning. The vaccine has been received in several ultra-cold storage locations across the state, with delivery anticipated to continue through tomorrow. A total of about 24,000 doses is expected...

Due to instruction from the Bourbon County Health Department, the Bourbon County Treasurer’s Office and Motor Vehicle Tag Department will be closed to the public until Monday, Dec. 28, according to a news release issued Monday afternoon. Property taxes are due Dec. ...

Even though some Fort Scott City Commissioners said they hated to see it happen, the vote to approve an ordinance that will raise water fees was unanimous. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

USD 234 Superintendent Ted Hessong gave the USD 234 Board of Education a glimpse of COVID-19 in district schools Monday, and the board approved an update to the district’s return-to-school plan concerning policy for quarantine of close contacts of confirmed positive cases of COVID-19...

Ruth Elizabeth Farmer, 82, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Dec. 15, 2020. She is survived by her loving husband, Gene Farmer, who currently resides at the Presbyterian Manor of Fort Scott. Ruth was born March 14, 1938, in Kansas City, Kan., to Edward and Edith Milam. She married Gene Farmer on Dec. 3, 1983, at Overland Park Christian Church in Overland Park, Kan., where they lived until they retired and built a home on their farm in Fort Scott in 1996...

The Uniontown Eagles and Lady Eagles varsity basketball teams defeated the Crest Lancers in the final game of the Humboldt Preseason tournament Friday in Humboldt. See Wednesday's print or online edition for complete story.

In their first SEK League battles of the season, the Fort Scott Lady Tigers (1-3) lost their early edge to fall 58-45 to the Chanute Lady Blue Comets (3-1) Tuesday night in Chanute. In the boys’ game that followed, the Tigers (1-3) were out-gunned by Chanute, falling 68-53...