Stories from Friday, August 6, 2021

Michael Ray Moore, age 56, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg. He was born in Port St. Joe, Fla., on Nov. 6, 1964. At 17, he enlisted in the USAF and served four years as an SP guarding B52 bombers on the flight line. ...

A team of experts is taking a look beneath the surface of the grounds at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. A four-person crew from the Midwest Archaeological Center, an office of the National Park Service in Lincoln, Neb., is conducting a geophysical survey of the site to get a better idea of how the fort looked in the 1840s, when it served as a frontier military garrison...

Mark McCoy will likely become the interim city manager for the City of Fort Scott. During a special meeting Thursday, commissioners voted unanimously to enter into contract negotiations with McCoy, a Fort Scott businessman who is retired but remains active in the community...

With the demise of the Eagle Block building on North National Street, city commissioners have been discussing inspecting other buildings and enforcing codes ordinances. During the commissioners’ meeting Tuesday, Bill Downy, newly appointed to oversee animal control and the codes department, spoke about code enforcement, training and adherence to the International Property Maintenance Code...