Stories from Friday, December 14, 2018

Shirley Ann Remby, age 72, a former resident of Pleasanton, Kan., and more recently of Rogers, Ark., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Bentonville, Ark. There was cremation. A memorial service with burial in the Holmes Cemetery will take place at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan...

As the buzzer signals the end of the Fort Scott High School Tiger basketball game Tuesday, night, it will also signify the end of a 23-year career for Fort Scott Tribune Sports Editor Scott Nuzum. After Tuesday, Nuzum plans to leave the area to pursue other opportunities in the Wichita area...

Fort Scott Police Department Capt. Shaun West will soon be hanging up his badge. West, who has worked with the department for more than 25 years, is retiring Friday, Dec. 21. West worked his way up through the ranks of the department after beginning his career at the FSPD as a reserve officer in 1990...

Bourbon County Commissioners on Wednesday signed an agreement to accept a donation of four ambulances from Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. The contract was then sent to Mercy for a signature and to the county’s insurance carrier, Kansas County Multiline Pool...

IRVING, Texas — Fort Scott Community College’s men’s basketball team opened up a three-game Texas road trip by rallying for a 69-66 win over North Lake College here Thursday night. North Lake led 37-26 at the half. The Greyhounds outscored them in the second 20 minutes, 43-29...

ALTAMONT — Jordan Hall’s 16-point outing and C.J. Horton’s double-double helped lead Fort Scott High’s boys to a 22-point rout of Labette County in Southeast Kansas League action here Friday night. Prior to that, Labette County’s girls, ranked No. 4 in Class 4A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, dealt the Tigers a 10-point loss...