Stories from Friday, May 6, 2022

Donald Dwight Daily, age 64, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, May 1, 2022, at his home. There was cremation. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 12, at the First Southern Baptist Church in Fort Scott, Kan. Burial will take place at a later date in Drumright, Okla. ...

Dorothy Mae Hofman, age 84, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at the St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. She was born June 1, 1937, at the family farm near Fulton, Kan., the daughter of Fred Wiley and Opal Duncan Wiley. ...

The Fort Scott City Commissioners on Tuesday got a report on marketing Fort Scott and Bourbon County and current tourism budget numbers. Fort Scott Tourism Manager Jackson Tough and Bourbon County Regional Economic Development Inc. Director Rob Harrington are working together to promote Fort Scott and Bourbon County as a tourism destination...

The Big Kansas Road Trip began rolling through Bourbon County on Thursday. The event, sponsored by the Kansas Sampler Foundation, takes travelers on a route through Bourbon, Crawford and Cherokee counties. Each of those counties have representatives to help coordinate the ride through their counties. Fort Scott Tourism Director Jackson Tough and Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Lindsay Madison are the representatives for Bourbon County...

Four individuals will be inducted into the Fort Scott Community College Athletics Hall of Fame during a celebration and dinner scheduled to begin at 5:30 tonight at the River Room, 3 W. Oak St. The event will include a welcome by FSCC President Alysia Johnston, dinner provided by Luther’s BBQ, a special presentation, and introduction of the new Hall of Fame members by FSCC Vice President of Student Affairs/Foundation Director Tom Havron...

Six Fort Scott Community College cowboys have ridden their way to the College National Finals Rodeo, which takes place in June in Casper, Wyo. The FSCC team recently completed its 10th and final rodeo of the season at Oklahoma Panhandle State University. The men’s team finished second in the Central Plains Region while the women’s team finished 14th, according to www.collegerodeo.com. The Central Plains Region consists of schools in Kansas and Oklahoma...