Stories from Friday, February 22, 2019

Robert Lee Comstock passed from this world on Feb. 18, 2019, at the age of 50. Robert was born on June 15, 1968 to Raymond and Shelby Jean (Grant) Comstock. There was cremation. Inurnment will be in the Bronson Cemetery in Bronson, Kan., at a later date. ...

Roma Elaine Shroyer, age 75 of Prescott, Kan., passed away at her home on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. She was born Oct. 17, 1943 in Uniontown, Kan., the daughter of Alvin and Suda Edwards Post. She married Jack Shroyer on May 28, 1961 in Prescott, Kan. ...

Legislation authored by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., if passed by Congress, would modify the boundaries of the Fort Scott National Historic Site to include the Lunette Blair Civil War Block House. On Feb. 12, Moran announced the Fort Scott National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act was included in S.47, the Natural Resources Management Act, a package of more than 100 bills relating to public lands, natural resources and water projects...

City officials on Tuesday updated Fort Scott City Commissioners on the local health care situation after changes were put in place following the Dec. 31 closure of Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. City Manager Dave Martin said steps taken toward changes in health care started with the Oct. ...

Earline Foster talks to her neighbors at Presbyterian Manor about the quilts she has made. She was assisted Friday afternoon by her son, Steven Wulz of Texas, and Judy Davis, Presbyterian Manor staff.

Nick Lawrence’s one-handed floater in the final seconds of double-overtime gave the Fort Scott High School Tiger boys basketball team (4-8, 6-14), a dramatic 75-73 win over the Chanute Blue Comets (5-7, 10-9) Friday night in Fort Scott. In the first game of the double-header, the FSHS Lady Tigers (2-10, 3-17) fell 49-32 against the Chanute girls’ squad (10-2, 12-7.) Friday’s games were the final regular season games for the Tigers as they prepare for substate action next week...