Stories from Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Ronald L. Rains, 84, resident of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning, Aug. 14, 2023. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, at the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home, with burial following at the Fort Scott National Cemetery. The completed obituary will appear in the weekend edition of the Tribune...

Fort Scott City Commissioners and members of the public Friday evening learned more about what it would mean if the city becomes a Certified Local Government through the Kansas State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). Because the meeting was a work session, commissioners made no decision...

Fort Scott City Commissioners on Tuesday are asking for an estimate on what it will cost to create new RV parking and primitive camping at Lake Fort Scott. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

The Uniontown USD 235 Board of Education on Monday adopted a resolution calling for a bond issue on the Nov. 7 ballots. The bond issue would fund a facilities improvement project. Voters in the district will be asked to answer two propositions on the ballot...

After a discussion on the details and potential cost of a feasibility study to build an overpass on the south edge of Fort Scott, Bourbon County Commissioners on Monday agreed to table the matter. Commissioners talked with Public Works Director Eric Bailey, who said the county sent out Requests for Qualifications to determine the cost of a feasibility study that would need to be completed before pursuing grant funding for the project. ...