Stories from Friday, July 9, 2021

Daniel Oscar Longfellow, age 80, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born July 24, 1940, in rural Lawrence, Kan., the son of Arthur Daniel Longfellow and Hazel Grammar Longfellow. He served with the United States Army. Daniel worked as a custodian for the Bonner Springs School District. He married Mary Tharp on June 18, 1993, in Topeka, Kan. Together they enjoyed camping and attending Old West reenactments...

Stan Douglas Fisher, age 72, a resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away Thursday, July 8, 2021, at his home. He was born Oct. 23, 1948, in Fort Scott, the son of Weldon Fisher and Ester McCracken Fisher. Stan graduated from both Fort Scott High School and Fort Scott Community College. ...

The Fort Scott City Commissioners voted Tuesday to proceed with soliciting bids for several projects on the books. Those are Cooper Street, the alley behind the Union Block, and Horton Street from 6th to 8th Street. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story...

Ronda Hassig has combined her love of reading and a classic film to offer a free service to the community. Hassig, who lives with her husband, Rob, in the Lunt House at 512 S. Judson St., has built a tiny library in her front yard in an effort to share her passion for reading and the 1939 film with ties to Kansas, “The Wizard of Oz.” Part of the famed Yellow Brick Road leads to the library in H...

It has taken the effort of several groups to preserve a 158-year-old structure that served a key role at Fort Scott during the Civil War. A ceremony was held Saturday, July 3, to recognize those efforts and officially turn the Lunette Blair over to the Fort Scott National Historic Site...