Stories from Wednesday, January 21, 2015

issioners on Tuesday approved a measure that will allow a local property owner to make further developments to his properties. Commissioners approved a recommendation from the Fort Scott Planning Commission to change zoning at the Fort Scott Professional Building, located at 710 W. Eighth St., from Residential Two-Family (R-2), to Residential Multi-Family (R-3)...

me areas and down in others in Fort Scott when comparing 2014 figures with those from 2013. Fort Scott Police Chief Travis Shelton said overall, numbers are down from what they were 10 years ago. "They're higher as far as numbers but lower than what they used to be," Shelton said...

Clarence Earl Meyer, age 96, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of Springfield, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at the Manor at Elfindale in Springfield. He was born Oct. 7, 1918, in Garland, Kan., the son of Carl Fredrick Meyer and Louise Gross Meyer. ...

PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's teams swept rival Marmaton Valley here Tuesday night, giving each a chance to play for the championship of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament if they beat Pleasanton Thrusday. Uniontown's girls defeated Marmaton Valley, 40-36, in Pool B. Eagle boys beat the Wildcats, 54-41, in a Pool B game...

The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees are narrowing down the field of applicants for the president of the college vacated last year by Clayton Tatro. At Tuesday night's monthly board meeting Interim President Richard Hedges said there were 16 applications for the position...