Stories from Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Organizers of the annual Bourbon County Sheriff’s Golf Scramble have added a new event to a growing fundraiser for the Special Olympics Kansas organization. Prior to the sixth annual golf tournament, a youth baseball clinic will be offered Friday at the LaRoche Baseball Complex. ...

Chester Eugene “Chet” Bower, age 79, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday morning, July 25, 2023, at his home. There was cremation. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 29, at the Community Christian Church. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. ...

A new welcome arch will be erected at the entrance of downtown Fort Scott in the near future. On Tuesday,, without discussion, the Fort Scott City Commission unanimously approved the project, which received the blessing from the Fort Scott Design Review Board Monday afternoon...

With the grand opening of the Fort Scott Splash Pad and Sensory Park just days away, the city commission unanimously accepted responsibility of the park Tuesday evening. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

The Bourbon County Public Works department will get some new equipment after approval by the Bourbon County Commission Monday evening. After a discussion and hearing from companies that provided bids, commissioners approved bids for a motor grader, a mini excavator and a trailer. Commissioners Jim Harris and Clifton Beth took the action as Commissioner Nelson Blythe was not present...