Stories from Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Alysia Johnston, Fort Scott Community College president, has not been sitting around eating bonbon's since her first day on the job June 1. She and her administrative team have been meeting with local businesses to meet the needs of the Fort Scott workforce, she said during the FSCC Board of Trustees monthly meeting Monday night...

A piece of Fort Scott's educational history is coming down. Workers with Ark Wrecking of Tulsa, Okla., the demolition contractor for the project, have been working in recent weeks to demolish the old three-story building at Fort Scott High School, often called the Juco wing. The demolition is part of the $40.8 million USD 234 school bond issue to make district-wide improvements that voters approved in November. Eventually, a new building will go up in its place...