Stories from Friday, December 22, 2017

Berniece Ross, age 94, of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 at Miami County Medical Center. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Burial will be in the Sunny Slope Cemetery, Blue Mound. ...

Fort Scott Fire Department officials are investigating a Wednesday night fire that damaged a house in the 100 block of N. Judson Street and displaced the family living there. Fort Scott Fire Chief Paul Ballou said Thursday firefighters responded about 11:30 p.m. to a one-story house at 115 N. Judson following a report of a structure fire. Firefighters remained on scene for several hours containing the fire...

A case of a missing young woman in Overland Park became a case of an apparent murder-suicide Tuesday night. At about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, Kansas City, Mo., police officers were contacted by Overland Park Police Department in regard to Mikayla Norris formerly of Fort Scott. Norris was reported missing and was last seen in her vehicle at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, leaving her place of emplacement in the 9500 block of Metcalf in Overland Park...

Two local businesses hope to boost tourism and provide a training environment for military and law enforcement agencies and other groups by creating areas for the use of Airsoft guns. At their last regular meeting of 2017 on Tuesday, Fort Scott City Commissioners approved waiver of a section of the city’s ordinance on discharging weapons after hearing a request from representatives of Fort Scott Munitions and East Wall Properties Company. ...