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 ...

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 ...

Bryan Lee Turpen, age 47, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. A funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, at the Schneider Funeral Home, La Cygne Chapel. Burial will be ...

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 ...