Stories from Tuesday, October 19, 2021

The 2021 season for the Fort Scott High School Lady Tiger tennis team concluded last weekend at the Class 4A State Girls’ Tennis Tournament, which took place Friday and Saturday at the T.H. Vaugh Tennis Complex in Winfield. In singles play, Fort Scott’s Jenny Heckman was defeated by Madleine Lancelot of Wichita Trinity 6-7 (5-7) 3-6, and fell 5-9 to Independence’s Callie Schlorholtz...

Three Fort Scott High School Lady Tiger golfers qualified for the second day of the Class 4A State Golf Tournament, which was scheduled to end Tuesday in Salina. See Wednesday's print or online edition for complete story.

Fort Scott Community College will move forward with the first step in financing turf fields for the FSCC softball and baseball programs. On Monday, the FSCC Board of Trustees unanimously approved a motion calling for the sale of certificates of participation that would add turf to baseball a...

After months of discussing how to dispose of city-owned lots at Lake Fort Scott, the city commissioners on Monday voted to accept offers for three of the four lots they agreed to sell. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story...

Donna M. Davidson, 77, of Uniontown, Kan., passed away Sunday evening, Oct. 17, 2021, at her home. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Mary Evelyn Ramsey, age 77, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at Hillside Guest Home, Fort Scott. There was cremation. No services are scheduled. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St...

Lois LaVerne Swope, age 92, a former resident of Frontenac, Kan., and more recently of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, at the home of her daughter in Fort Scott. She was born May 26, 1929, in Detroit, Mich., the daughter of Cledies Dray and Ellen Cummings Dray. ...