Stories from Friday, July 15, 2016

Allen "Bear" Shadden, age 51, Mound City, Kan., passed Wednesday July 13, 2016. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Friday, July 15, 2016 at the Mound City First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Woodland Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. ...

Nelson D. Hackner, age 94, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. He was born July 28, 1921, in Fort Scott, the son of Earl W. and Tranna Nelson Hackner. Nelson married Verna Mae Young on June 26, 1948, in Fort Scott. ...

The Uniontown City Council approved a partial bid for improvements around the storm shelter project at its regular monthly meeting held on Tuesday evening. The council approved $18,240 to be used for a concrete parking slab, and a concrete curb and gutter for the island near the new city storm shelter...

The Uniontown City Council approved a partial bid for improvements around the storm shelter project at its regular monthly meeting held on Tuesday evening. The council approved $18,240 to be used for a concrete parking slab, and a concrete curb and gutter for the island near the new city storm shelter...

The proposed 2017 city of Fort Scott budget does not include a property tax increase, city officials said. The Fort Scott City Commission and other city officials and staff met Monday at City Hall for a special meeting of the commission. The purpose of the meeting was to hold a first discussion on the city's budget before the budget has to be published in August...