Stories from Saturday, October 8, 2016

Lauren Hurd and Taylor Engstrom stand as the newly crowned the Fort Scott High School Homecoming queen and king Friday night prior before kickoff of the football game against Coffeyville.

Bourbon County Commissioners appear to be closer to approving changes in policy that will allow private contractors to install whistles and culverts on county property. On Thursday, Holly Powers, engineer associate with Schafer, Kline and Warren, met with commissioners to finalize revisions to the county's current right-of-ways policy. ...

Severe weather in the area Thursday night brought with it the sounding of sirens and the threat of tornadoes. Bourbon County Emergency Manager William Wallis said Friday severe thunderstorms that brought wind, rain and "a lot of lightning and thunder" hit portions of the county, and there were some unconfirmed sightings of funnel clouds, but no reports of a tornado touching down...

Luann Dickerson Russo, 64, died on September 25, 2016 in Raytown, Mo. She was born on October 5, 1951 in Fort Scott, Kan. She was a 1970 graduate of Fort Scott High School. She was a practicing RN in the Greater Kansas City Area for the past 35 years...

The public is invited to attend the Fort Scott Rotary meeting Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church. Tom Prichard, executive director of the Sudan Sunrise Group will be the guest speaker. The meeting begins at noon with lunch and the program will begin at 12:30 p.m...

Three interceptions, four sacks set tone in Tigers' Homecoming victory