Stories from Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Gloria Jean Long, age 77, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.  A memorial service for Gloria will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 at Schneider Funeral Home and Cremations, La Cygne Chapel. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. to service time at the chapel. ...

Tammy Marie Gode, age 49, a resident of Fulton, Kan., passed away early Tuesday morning, Jan. 21, 2025, at her home. She was better known by Kansas relatives as Marie, to California relatives as Tammy, and to her grandchildren as Grandi. Marie was born on July 23, 1975, in California and is the daughter of Paula Snavely (nee Adams). Paula and her daughter Marie moved to Fort Scott, Kan., in the early 90s, where Marie became a mother several years later at age 23, to her daughter Danielle...

Linda Caroline Defebaugh, age 80, resident of Nevada, Mo., died Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. She was born June 28, 1944, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Wilbur and Hattie Frances Leonard. Linda married the love of her life, Glen A. ...

Lisa Jayne Coyan, age 55, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, at the Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. Following cremation, a memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the Lisa Coyan Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Mary Alice Beth, age 90, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, at the Schneider Funeral Home, Mound City Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12 at the Mound City Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to Moran Manor Activity Fund. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. ...

Fort Scott City Commissioners plan to delve further into the matter of regulations for storage container boxes being used within the city. Commissioner Matthew Wells said the commission began discussions on the topic last year due to an “influx” of storage containers appearing throughout the city. Currently, there is no city ordinance prohibiting the containers on residential properties...

Bourbon County Commissioners on Monday received clarification on a process that will see the election of two new commissioners later this year. Commissioners participated in a discussion with citizen Michael Hoyt and Bourbon County Chief Operations Officer Shane Walker regarding an updated state law which officials say states the election must take place in the regular election, rather than through a special election...

Fort Scott High School’s girls wrestling team finished in sixth place with 121.5 total points in the Baldwin Invitational Saturday. See Wednesday's print or online edition for full results.

The Fort Scott High School boys wrestling team finished in seventh place with 89 total points at the SEK Invitational Saturday in Chanute. See Wednesday's print or online edition for full results.