Stories from Friday, April 26, 2019

Hubert Milton Yates, 93, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away peacefully on April 18, 2019, at his home in San Antonio, Texas, with family by his side. He was born on Dec. 4, 1925, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Walter and Nettie Yates. Hugh was the youngest of their five sons. ...

Members of the Fort Scott Airport Advisory Board were updated Wednesday on proposed municipal airport improvement projects, one of which is an approximately $5 million to $8 million project to expand and extend the airport runway. Director of Economic Development Rachel Pruitt and Airport Manager Seth Simpson spoke about various projects designed to improve the city’s airport...

the idea of a unified government during a town hall meeting hosted by the owners of the former Beaux Arts Centre Tuesday night. Local business owner Mark McCoy led discussion on the topic and the group of attendees also discussed next steps in the process of researching the idea of potentially changing the local form of government...

Students from several elementary schools in Kansas and Missouri learned about frontier life in the mid-1800s during a Thursday field trip to the Fort Scott National Historic Site. Several Fort Scott High School students served as interpreters in period dress, and were stationed at different locations to give presentations focusing on different aspects of life at Fort Scott during that era. ...

The Fort Scott Tiger varsity baseball team continues its winning ways. The Tigers (10-1 in the SEK, 16-1 overall) dispatched the Coffeyville Golden Tornadoes (2-6, 3-10) in quick fashion Friday night at the LaRoche Baseball Complex-Dave Regan Stadium. The Tigers shut out Coffeyville 15-0 in three innings during the first game of a doubleheader, and blanked the Golden Tornadoes 10-0 in game two, which lasted five innings...