Stories from Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Ludella Hoggatt, 77, met her Savior and joined her husband on Sunday, May 16, 2021. Ludella was born to Lonnie and Alta Webb on Dec. 7, 1943 in Bremerton, Wash. The family moved to Fort Scott six months later. Ludella attended all schools in Fort Scott and was a member of International Order of the Rainbow for Girls and a member of the St. John’s United Methodist Church...

Peggy LaVonne Davis, age 85, resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, May 17, 2021, at her home. She was born February 12, 1936, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Raymond and Florence Wyckoff Mason. She married Ralph Davis on Aug. 7, 1955. Peggy worked for the Western Insurance Company and as the homemaker of her family. She was a member of the First Church of God where she worked in Women’s Ministry and helped serve many funeral dinners...

Linda Kay Jones Weiner passed away in Raleigh, N.C. on April 27, 2021. She was 78 years old. Linda was born Feb. 3, 1943, and raised by her grandmother and step-grandfather, Eunice S. Hill and Carl F. Hill in Fort Scott. They preceded her in death. Also proceeding her in death was her brother, Jimmie J. Jones and her second husband, Wesley J. Erwin, who helped her raise her son, Michael, in St. Charles, Mo...

Fort Scott Community College officials will make some changes to the college’s COVID-19 mitigation policies after action Monday by the FSCC Board of Trustees. Following a recommendation from the college’s COVID-19 mitigation committee, masks or face coverings will be recommended, but not required, according to an FSCC statement...

Fort Scott City Commissioners got a history lesson on sales tax Tuesday night. Director of Finance Susan Bancroft provided commissioners with a breakdown of the city’s current sales taxes and their purposes, as well as the history of sales taxes in Bourbon County through the use of a PowerPoint presentation that includes graphs, charts and research on the topic...

Fort Scott High School’s Elijah Self finished 1-2 and was eliminated in the third round of play at the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament May 14-15 in Topeka. Self, the only Tiger to qualify for state, was defeated by Iola’s Riccardo Barbarossa 1-6 and 3-6 in the first round, before defeating Abilene’s Cayden West 9-5 in the second round. Self fell 5-9 to Paola’s Carden Escobar in the third round...