Stories from Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Sandra M. Jacquinet, age 74, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born Jan. 2, 1945, in Girard, Kan., the daughter of John Douglas and Virginia Katherine Thomas Owen. Sandra worked for Mercy Hospital as a ward clerk. ...

Robert Lester Wishart Jr., 94, passed away Dec. 17, 2019 in El Dorado, Kan. Arrangements pending with Heritage Funeral Home of El Dorado.

Eric Stansbury, age 52, resident of Holden, Mo., passed away unexpectedly at his home Dec. 15, 2019. He was born June 23, 1967, in Iola, Kan., the son of Ellis Stansbury, Kincaid, Kan., and Donita Powell, Arcadia, Kan. Eric was a truck driver for over 25 years. He enjoyed fishing and all his family and friends. He will be missed...

Representatives of several agencies met Friday, Dec. 13 to discuss potential options for the future of the former Mercy Hospital building. City and county officials, as well as representatives of Ascension Via Christi, Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas and other health-related entities attended the meeting, which took place in the McCauley conference room inside the old Mercy Hospital building, 401 Woodland Hills Blvd...

Christmas wreaths were placed on each of the nearly 7,000 graves Saturday during the National Wreaths Across America Day ceremony held at the Fort Scott U.S. National Cemetery.

The Uniontown Lady Eagle varsity basketball team won the Humboldt Emprise Bank Preseason Girls Basketball tournament, which concluded Friday. Head Coach Dustin Miller said the team’s first goal of the season was to win that tournament. “Goal achieved,” he said. “We are looking forward to competing against St. Paul Tuesday night.”...