Stories from Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Earl “Poncho” Colley, Jr., age 55, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at his home. There was cremation. Memorial graveside services will be held at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the Earl Colley, Jr. Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Marlyn Otis Sutterby, age 83 of Mapleton, Kan., passed away Monday, July 27, 2020. He was born Oct. 11, 1936 at Bronson, Kan., the son of Walter and Laura Faye Davis Sutterby. Marlyn graduated from Blue Mound High School. He married Virginia Powell on Aug. ...

Wesley Allan Gress, 68, of Fort Scott, passed away late Sunday night July 19, 2020, at Via Christi Ascension in Fort Scott, Kan. Wes was born March 22, 1952, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of Warren Wesley and Dorothy Mae (Snyder) Gress. He married Colene Janette Summers Aug. 24, 1975, in Kansas City, Kan., and she preceded him in death Jan. 15, 2020...

Many of the local positions will be decided in the Tuesday Primary Election. Most of the candidates running for those offices spoke during the candidate forum held July 20 and sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce. The following are responses from candidates in the two county commission races...