Stories from Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Fort Scott High School’s varsity boys wrestling team finished fourth as a team at the Emporia Winter Classic on Saturday. Fort Scott scored a total of 144.5 points to finish behind Emporia in first place with 210.5 points, Wamego in second with 210 points, and Hutchinson in third with 160.5 points. Andover Central finished in fifth with 107 points...

Reta Kathleene "Kathy" McCoy, age 76, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022.   Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial in the Benjamin Cemetery, Amoret, Mo. ...

A grant application to fund repairs at Memorial Hall has been submitted, which means everyone in the city of Fort Scott begin the waiting period. During Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, Bourbon County Regional Economic Development Director Robert Harrington reported on the status of the grant and also provided the final dollar amounts...

Bourbon County residents need to prepare for an arctic blast and winter storm that is expected to move into the area by Thursday, bringing “life threatening” windchills and hazardous driving conditions. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch from 6 a.m. Thursday through 12 a.m. Friday and a wind chill watch from 12 a.m. Thursday through 12 a.m. Friday...

Through a coordinated effort, wreaths were purchased for each of the gravestones at Fort Scott National Cemetery through the Wreaths Across America program. On Saturday, a ceremony included the Pledge of Allegiance led by Bourbon County 4-H clubs; a welcome by Diann Tucker, location coordinator for Wreaths Across America; invocation and benediction by Dav Mohler, chaplain of American Legion Post 25; remarks by guest speaker Orval “Butch” Page, retired veteran; placement of ceremonial wreaths representing each branch of military service; and the playing of “Taps” by local trumpeter Steve Harry.. ...