An effort by one Fort Scott City Commissioner to shorten the window for shooting fireworks in the city failed by a 3-2 vote during the commission's May 20 meeting. Commissioner Kathryn Salsbury said ...

Dixie Kathleen Bradley Wilkerson, age 85, Independence, Mo., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Friday, May 30, 2025. Funeral service will be held at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at the ...

The city of Fort Scott Public Works Department has been making improvements to a downtown public parking lot. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

Peggy Anne Gannon, age 81, resident of Aurora, Colo., passed away Thursday, May 29, 2025, at sunrise at Cherry Creek in Denver, Colo. Services for Peggy Gannon will be announced by the Cheney Witt ...

Gary Ray Johnson, age 90 of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on May 28, 2025 in Kansas City, Mo. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, June 2, 2025 at the Schneider Funeral Home in ...

Patricia Ann Eastwood, age 83, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at her home in Fort Scott. She was born July 26, 1941, in Iola, Kan., the daughter of William ...

Alvin Glen "JR" Lattimer, Jr., age 67, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Mercy Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born May 15, 1958, in Olathe, Kan., the son of ...

The judge in a civil lawsuit involving Bourbon County Commissioners and solar energy companies granted a motion for partial dismissal of the plaintiffs in the case during a hearing May 19 in Bourbon ...

Bourbon County and state officials are trying to work together to address ongoing issues with the dam at Elm Creek Lake. On May 19, Bourbon County Commissioners allowed Kansas Department of Wildlife ...

Wulz Foster, age 93, former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, May 22, 2025, at Arma Health and Rehab in Arma, Kan. She was born Aug. 13, 1931, in Hunter, Okla., the daughter of ...