When they meet again Monday evening, Bourbon County Commissioners will welcome public input during a discussion of redistricting the county to accommodate for two additional county commissioners. Due ...

The Fort Scott City Commission is giving the owner of a building at 118 E. Wall St., until the commission's next meeting Jan. 7 to come up with a plan of action for building repairs. Although ...

The Care to Share cancer support group has a new home. The grassroots volunteer organization formed in 2007, recently moved into a new location at 9 E. Wall St. The new space opened to the public ...

In their final games of 2024, Fort Scott High School's Tiger basketball teams split with the Blue Comets Friday night in Chanute. The offense of the Lady Tigers (5-0, 2-0) started slow but as usual, ...

In their final meeting of 2024, Fort Scott City Commissioners approved an amendment to the city’s 2024 budget that will allow spending of funds beyond the authority for the 2024 budget. After a ...

Benjamin David “Benji” Smith, age 22, a former resident of Mapleton, Kan., left this troubled world and was welcomed into the arms of the Lord Jesus Christ on Dec. 12, 2024. He was currently serving ...

Information on a plan to redistrict Bourbon County was clarified Thursday as Bourbon County Commissioners voted to move forward with a company which will perform the mapping for the county. The ...

Cowan, 98, died in Mesa, Aariz., on Dec. 13, 2024 after a brief battle with cancer. Darlene was born on Oct. 4, 1926 to Housan and Jennie (Crane) Brillhart in Fort Scott, Kan., the youngest of four ...

Bourbon County Commissioners plan to wait on whether to provide funding to the county's economic development entity, Bourbon County Regional Economic Development, Inc. (REDI.) On Thursday, ...