Stories from Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Seveal Fort Scott High School student athletes have been selected to All-SEK teams for the 2022-23 seasons. See Wednesday's print or online edition for full story and photos.

Fort Scott High School Girls Head Basketball Coach Pechone Stepps was named the SEK Coach of the Year for the second straight season. Stepps led the Lady Tigers to a 19-3 season, which included a SEK championship and runner-up in the Class 4A East Sub-State...

Elvin “Dale” Wiley, 78, of Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Following cremation, a memorial service was held Sept. 3, 2022. Pastor Paul Rooks will officiate interment services at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Fort Scott National Cemetery under the direction of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home...

Marilyn Marie Gerhardt, 69, Miami, Okla., passed away on March 10, 2023, in Tulsa, Okla., following a short Illness. Marilyn Marie Garrison was born on Feb. 16, 1954, in Fort Scott, Kan. She attended the Fort Scott Community College where she earned her degree in nursing while taking care of her horses in her time off. ...

Charles Franklin “Frankie” Durossette, age 51, resident of Fort Scott, Kan.,, died Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan. He was surrounded by his entire family as he was welcomed into the kingdom of heaven. ...

Rodell Richard “Rodie” Darling, age 96, a resident of Fort Scott, passed away on Monday, March 13, 2023 at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. Rodell was born on Oct. 25, 1926 in Fort Scott, the son of Reid and Olive Dorn Darling. He attended the Fort School system and was a U.S. ...

Willa Ann Woody Cable went softly into the arms of Jesus on Saturday, March 11, 2023, after a very brief battle with brain cancer. She was born Aug. 17, 1944, to Mable Smith Woody in Fort Scott, Kan., She grew up on a farm east of Savonburg, Kan., where she was raised by her mother and maternal grandparents, Emmett and Myrtle Smith...

When Fort Scott City Commissioners meet on March 21, they are expected to continue discussion of a bid for the construction of a farmers market pavilion in the west parking lot at Skubitz Plaza. On Tuesday, March 7, commissioners tabled action on awarding a bid for the pavilion construction...

The USD 234 Board of Education is delving into a list of long-range capital improvement projects. During the board’s March 6 meeting, Superintendent Destry Brown summarized a Feb. 27 work session in which the board discussed long-range facility and maintenance planning. Brown said the board rated several projects on the plan, and he compiled the numbers and presented the list to the board...

Bourbon County Public Works Director Eric Bailey updated the Bourbon County Commission on several projects during the commission’s March 9 meeting. Bailey said the concrete work for a project to repair sidewalk, curb and guttering on the northeast end of the Bourbon County Courthouse has been completed. He said workers still have a “little painting to finish,” but parking stalls have opened up...

It was a cool, but sunny day at Fern Lake Tuesday afternoon – and a perfect time for trout fishing.