Stories from Friday, March 28, 2025

Donna Lee Stites, age 84, Mound City, Kan., passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2025. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 31, 2025 at the Wall Street Church. Burial will be in the Sunny Slope Cemetery, Blue Mound, Kan. Memorial contributions are suggested to Ronald McDonald House. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Thomas Andrew Jones, age 83, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, March 27, 2025, at Community Springs Healthcare in El Dorado Springs, Mo. Services for Tom Jones will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Richard “Rick” Curtis Johnson, Sr. age 65, a resident of Blackwell, Okla., passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Rapid City, S.D. Rev. Paul Rooks will conduct funeral services at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 1, at the Grace Baptist Tabernacle, 502 S. ...

Dora Alice Baucom George, born April 12, 1954, passed away peacefully on March 23, 2025, surrounded by the love of her family. A celebration of her life was held at United Funeral Service in New Albany, Miss., on Wednesday, March 26. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. ...

George Frederick Hightower, age 77, a resident of Walnut, Kan., passed away Monday, March 17, 2025, at the Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul, Kan. He was born March 27, 1947, in Hartman, Ark., the son of John David Hightower and Dorothy Anita Kuhl Hightower. ...

A high speed pursuit that began Wednesday morning, March 26, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., where a child was abducted at gun-point, concluded in Fort Scott, Kan. The pursuit and arrest of the suspect involved law enforcement from seven agencies. See Saturday's print or online edition for full story...

The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees approved several policies during the board’s Monday meeting. The board approved the following policies as part of a schedule which will “allow each policy to be examined at least once a year,” according to FSCC information: facility naming opportunities, campus closings due to weather, bonded employees, sabbaticals, conferences and visitations, buildings and grounds management, maintenance program and student activity fund management...

The Fort Scott High School boys tennis team opened its season with a second-place finish at the Parsons Invitational Thursday. The Tigers scored 11 team points to place second behind Independence in first place with 14 points. Rounding out the team scoring were Pittsburg in third place with eight points, Parsons in fourth with six points and Coffeyville in fifth with one point...

Uniontown High School’s varsity track team opened its 2025 season Tuesday by hosting the Uniontown Invitational, which also included students from Christian Learning Center. The Eagle girls team finished in eighth place as a team with 36 points through 17 scored events. The Eagle boys placed 11th with four team points...

The Fort Scott Tiger baseball and softball teams swept Girard on the road Friday evening. An eight-run sixth inning for the Tiger boys (3-0) led to a 14-1 victory over the Trojans. The Lady Tigers, in their first regular season game, handily defeated the Lady Trojans, 9-1...