Stories from Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Patricia Ann Sims, 53, Boise, Idaho, formerly of Miami, Okla., Pittsburg and Fort Scott, Kan., area died Saturday July 3, 2021, at 4:45 a.m. while a patient at St. Luke’s Hospital in Boise, Idaho. She was a three-time cancer survivor. However, a fourth attack of this dreaded disease was more than she was able to defeat, despite her fierce fight to the end...

Fort Scott City Commissioners held a work session Tuesday afternoon to discuss the possibility of relocating city offices to the Bourbon County Courthouse. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

Bourbon County is now officially the owner of the former Mercy Hospital building. On Tuesday, Bourbon County Commissioners and Bourbon County Counselor Justin Meeks discussed finalization of the donation agreement between the county and Mercy Health Southwest Missouri/Kansas Communities that will transfer ownership of the former hospital building and $600,000 to the county...