Stories from Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Staff and students at Fort Scott High School will encounter some changes when the new school year begins Thursday. Recent construction inside and outside the school, as well as planned work to take place during the school year as part of the district's school bond projects, will create some changes that students, teachers and staff are not accustomed to...

Janice Hedges of Fort Scott was hired as the superintendent, along with duties as the junior and senior high principal of USD 235 at Monday night's special meeting of the Board of Education. Doug Coyan, chairman of the search committee formed last week, said there was a long list of interested people...

Fort Scott Community College volleyball, ranked No. 20 in NJCAA Division II, took care of both of its opponents in straight sets on the second day of the Fort Scott Invitational at Arnold Arena Saturday. Fort Scott swept East Central (Mo.) in the opener, 25-15, 25-17, 25-17, and Labette in the final match of the event, 32-30, 25-7, 25-16...

Possibly the best thing about Fort Scott High School's scrimmage at the practice field Saturday morning wasn't the way the No. 1 offense and defense played but how the No. 2's on both sides were able to give the No. 1's a challenge. "We tell our young guys, 'If you can compete against our No. ...

George Kutey, age 74, a resident of Fort Scott, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015 at the Fort Scott Medicalodge following a cancer illness. Funeral services for George Kutey will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott.