Stories from Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Tobiah G. “Toby” Nighswonger, 45, of Fort Scott, passed away Sunday evening, Oct. 27, 2019, at Medicalodges in Fort Scott. He was born Sept. 19, 1974 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Thomas Henry and Glenda Frances (Painter) Nighswonger. Toby graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1993. ...

Perry Lyle Cougill, age 37, Kansas City, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. He was preceded in death by both of his grandfathers, Lyle Dean Cougill and Perry Norman Cannon. He is survived by his mother, Debra Cougill, father, Bob Cougill and wife Stacey, brothers, Christopher Cougill and Lydia and Joshua Cougill and Bailey, grandmother, Karan Cannon, grandmother, Peggy Carstens, grandmother, Karan Cannon, niece, Addy, and nephews Landon and Carver...

Thomas Franklin Cooke, Jr., age 59, of Hume, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. Funeral Service will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 at the Grace Community Church in Pleasanton, Kan. Visitation will be from 12 p.m. to service time at Grace Community Church. ...

Julia Loretta (Wiggans) Malone, 65, of Hepler, Kan., passed away Oct. 25, 2019 at Freeman Hospital. Julia was born to Ralph and Mabel Wiggans on March 18, 1956 in Kansas City, Mo. She married Timothy Joseph Malone on Dec. 16, 1988. She lived many years in Farlington, Kan., until moving to Hepler. ...

On Monday, the Kansas Department of Transportation announced the award of $5 million to 27 counties that applied for KDOT’s Local Bridge Improvement Program. Bourbon County, with two “fracture critical” bridges, was not among those counties because officials did not submit an application for the funding. Those two bridges are the railroad overpass on 215th Street, also known as Old U.S. 69 Highway, and a bridge on 250th Street over West Fork Dry Wood Creek...

The Fort Scott Police Department has found a threat made Monday to Fort Scott High School to be not credible. USD 234 Superintendent Ted Hessong said Tuesday district officials were informed of a criminal threat made toward FSHS at the end of the school day Monday. The threat was posted anonymously through a third-party social media site...

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Halloween Parade and festivities. Activities included face painting by the Fort Scott High School Thespians, music by The Hull Experience, and photos with a “spooktacular” backdrop at the City Scales building on North Main Street. ...

Fort Scott High School Tiger cross country teams have qualified for state competition after their performances at the Class 4A KSHSAA Regional Saturday at the Lakeview Recreation Area-Santa Fe Park in Chanute. The Tigers girls finished first with a total team score of 52 and total time of 1:48:10.14 in the girls’ 5K run. The boys placed third at regionals with a total team score of 33 and total time of 1:32:44.32 in the boys’ 5K run...