Stories from Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Lois Wanda Moseley, age 85, a resident of Wichita, Kan., passed away Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, at the Family Health and Rehab in Wichita, Kan. Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 at the Hiattville Cemetery under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel. ...

The family of Ginger Thomas cordially invites you to attend a memorial service at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, at Lath Branch Cemetery. It is located approximately three miles east of Fort Scott on U.S. Highway 54 at 245th Street at the end of Lucky Road...

The Uniontown Board of Education will be faced with replacing the West Bourbon Elementary Principal for the 2018-19 school year. Following an executive session Monday, the board voted to accept the resignation of Tyler Jackman effective at the end of this school year...

Questions and concerns about work completed and not yet done as part of the USD 234 school bond projects arose at Monday’s meeting of the USD 234 Board of Education. During the public forum portion of the meeting, local contractor Kevin “Skitch” Allen said he had recently talked to a couple of board members about concerns with design of the overflow gutters on the new gym at Fort Scott High School that was built as part of the district’s $40.8 million school bond projects...

County Commissioners on Tuesday accepted a draft copy of an agreement to place high-speed fiber optics equipment in a jail pod after the current jail is vacated. The agreement would be in effect until March 1, 2043, when it could be extended. Following a five-minute executive session for contract negotiations with County Counselor Justin Meeks and Fort Scott Economic Development Director Rachel Pruitt, commissioners heard a report on work being done to bring cost-effective high-speed fiber optic internet to Fort Scott.. ...