Stories from Friday, April 22, 2022

Estelle Cox, age 81, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., took her Heavenly Father by the hand and went home to Heaven on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born May 3, 1940, in Lutz, Tenn., the daughter of Lee Roy White and Myrtle Petty White. ...

Helen Louise Harper, 95, of Uniontown, passed away Wednesday evening April 20, 2022, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. She was born Feb. 18, 1927, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Carl William and Sophia Mary (Leitz) Eshelbrenner. She married Floyd Gilbert Harper on Jan. 18, 1953, in Fort Scott, and he preceded her in death Aug. 18, 2019...

Patricia Kay Payne, age 80, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Medicalodges of Fort Scott. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 27, in the Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Cheney Witt Chapel from 10 a.m. ...

The defendant in a Bourbon County double-murder case has been deemed competent to stand trial while a separate 2017 case involving a man facing a charge of first-degree murder was set for trial Friday afternoon in Bourbon County District Court. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story...

While it was not unanimous, the USD 234 Board of Education approved the resignation of Superintendent Ted Hessong, among other employment items during special meetings Thursday night. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story...

This is the first of a two-part series Human trafficking is a growing crime that is happening just as much in smaller, rural areas as it is in larger metropolitan areas, according to the speaker of a seminar Tuesday night in the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at Fort Scott Community College...