Stories from Friday, October 15, 2021

Richard “Rick” Eugene Courtois, age 74, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. He was born in Pleasanton, Kan., on Feb. 24, 1947 the son of Charles and Freda Johnson Courtois. He graduated from Pleasanton High School. Rick was united in marriage to Margie Jean Orton on Dec. ...

Michael Allen Bishop, 74, Grove, Okla., formerly Blue Mound died Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Oct. 19 at the first First Baptist Church Parker. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 18 at Schneider Funeral Home in Mound City. ...

OraBelle Guilfoyle, age 89, Fort Scott, Kan., and formerly of Greeley, Kan., passed Oct. 13, 2021. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Greeley, Kan. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery. ...

Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday took steps to potentially save a downtown Fort Scott building that has been vacant for several years. Robert Harrington, executive director of Bourbon County Regional Economic Development, Inc., asked commissioners to waive the county’s portion of back taxes on the McDonald Hall building at 10-12 S. Main St. Harrington said the building has new owners who plan to rehabilitate it...

Local veteran Ron Williams received the trip of a lifetime when he was selected for the 2021 Honor Flight. Williams, a U.S. Navy and Vietnam veteran, flew to Washington, D.C., Sept. 21-22 to view the various memorials and other sites in the nation’s capital. He served in Vietnam from 1963 to 1967...

Fort Scott High School’s boys’ and girls’ cross country teams are SEK champions after first-place finishes at the 2021 SEK Championships Thursday at the Lakeview Recreation Area in Chanute. The girls’ varsity squad clocked a total time of 1:59:06.84 and average time of 23:49.37, and scored 35 team points in the 5K run. The varsity boys scored 26 team points and finished with a total time of 1:34:25.77 and average time of 18:53.16...

A group of Fort Scott High School golfers fought nasty weather conditions at the regional tournament to punch their ticket to the Class 4A State Girls Golf Tournament Oct. 18-19 in Salina. The Lady Tiger golfers finished second at regionals with a team score of 438. The regional tournament took place Monday at Chanute’s Stone Creek Golf Course...