Stories from Friday, November 4, 2022

Minnie Lorene “Cricket” Likely, age 95, a longtime resident of Bronson, Kan., and more recently of Ft. Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, at the Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kan., just two days shy of her 96th birthday. She was born Nov. ...

Betty Jean Button, age 82, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born Jan. 17, 1940, in Ellis, Kan., the daughter of Henry Kutina and Stella Parsons Kutina. Betty married Ronald Button on Jan. ...

Another arrest has been made in an ongoing attempted murder case in Bourbon County. According to the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office inmate roster, Cody Matthew Tindill, 23, Fort Scott, was arrested by the BCSO at 6:19 p.m. Wednesday and has been charged with attempted murder in the first degree and aggravated robbery. He was being held in the Bourbon County Jail on a $250,000 bond...

A case involving delinquent taxes and a Fort Scott restaurant has been resolved. On Friday, a spokesperson for the KDOR’s Division of Taxation said “the delinquencies of Luther’s BBQ have been resolved, and all assets have been released back to the taxpayer.”...

Fort Scott City Commissioners will hold a special meeting at noon Monday to consider a contract with BakerTilly for financial services. The commissioners have been asked to consider contracting with the firm to provide director of finance services. Interim City Manager Jeff Hancock said he contacted the firm because Susan Bancroft has resigned as the city’s financial coordinator. Hancock said the monthly retainer cost is $5,000 to provide interim financial management services...

Fort Scott Community College officials and members of a late FSCC alumnus’ family were joined by several other community members in a recent celebration of the college’s newest renovation project. On Oct. 28, FSCC hosted a ribbon cutting celebrating the Robert Bailey Memorial and renovation of Bailey Hall, the original and oldest building on the college campus. ...