Stories from Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Barbara Jean Wood, age 84, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, surrounded by her family at Guest Home Estates where she was in hospice care. She was born Sept. 4, 1938, at Fort Scott Mercy Hospital, the daughter of Herschel L. ...

Helen Virginia Normand, age 83, Pittsburg, Kan., formerly of Arma, passed away on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg. She was born Sept. 7, 1939, at the family home north of Nevada, Mo. The youngest of three children born to James and Cornelia Tapp Rutledge, she was raised in Vernon County. ...

Leta Herboldsheimer, age 100, Mapleton, Kan., passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2023 at her home.   A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 14, 2023 at the Mapleton United Methodist Church. Burial in the Mapleton Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Inez Mae Haugen, 95, of Fort Scott, passed away early Tuesday morning, Jan. 10, 2023, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Nancy DeWitt, age 81, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, at the Medicalodge in Fort Scott. Rev. Chuck Russell will conduct funeral services at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Following services there will be cremation. Burial will take place at the Greensburg Cemetery in Greensburg, Kan., at a later date. Services are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. ...

On Monday, Uniontown USD 235 board members were introduced to those who have worked with the district to compile of list of possible projects and funding. During the presentations, the board learned how much taxpayers may pay. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story...

USD 234 Superintendent Destry Brown provided the USD 234 Board of Education with an update Monday on a planned preschool expansion project, as the board continues to mull over options. Brown reviewed questions and other information with the board as district officials continue to discuss a potential expansion of the preschool program into the old Mercy Hospital building, which is now owned by the Legacy Group...

Fort Scott has a new mayor following the annual reorganization of the city commission Tuesday evening. Matthew Wells was elected mayor and Tim Van Hoecke was elected commission president. The motions for their elections passed 4-1 with Josh Jones, Edwin Woellhof, Tim Van Hoecke and Wells voting yes and Katy Harrington voting no on each motion...