Stories from Tuesday, March 29, 2022

David D. Mullies, 81, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning, March 28, 2022. He was born March 8, 1941, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Ewing Edgar and Wilma L. (Saunders) Mullies. He married Patricia Ann Jennings October 15, 1960, and she survives of the home...

Lonnie Bruce Buhrle, age 59, Olathe, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Saturday, March 26, 2022. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to Kansas Special Olympics...

Todd Spencer Woodward, 37, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away Dec. 1, 2021, at the MultiCare Medical Center in Auburn, Wash., a suburb of Seattle where he lived. Memorial Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 30, 2022, at the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home. Interment for immediate family and friends will be held at a later date at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Fort Scott...

A study to determine whether a hospital is feasible in Fort Scott is nearly complete. On Tuesday, Bourbon County Commissioners heard a recommendation regarding a community hospital in Fort Scott. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story...

Shane Walker will be sworn in as the newest city commissioner during the next regular Fort Scott City Commission meeting on April 5. On Monday, commissioners appointed Walker to fill the remaining term of Pete Allen, who resigned his seat Wednesday, March 16, less than 24 hours after the last regular commission meeting. Walker’s term expires December 2023...

A six-run fourth inning catapulted the Chanute Lady Blue Comets to a 13-5 victory over the Fort Scott Lady Tigers in the final game of the Fort Scott Invitational Softball Tournament Tuesday evening at Fisher Park. Chanute blew open a 4-3 game in the third but the Lady Tigers (0-3) rallied late to avoid ending the game on a run rule. The Lady Tigers scored two in the sixth, and made a little noise in the seventh before the final out was recorded...

Strong hitting and pitching by a potent Blue Valley Southwest team got the best of the Fort Scott High School Tigers in a 16-1 walloping Saturday afternoon at Lions Field in Fort Scott. During their first game of the season, the Tigers (0-1) were shut out through three innings when they made some moves offensively and broke an 8-0 Blue Valley lead. Blue Valley starting pitcher Charlie Christensen struck out all six Tiger hitters he faced through two innings as the Timberwolves led 2-0...