Stories from Friday, March 17, 2023

Barbara “Barb” Anthony Scheel, age 73, of Spring Hill, Kan., passed away March 14, 2023, at her home with family by her side. Barb was born April 16, 1949, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Clarence and Mary Northrop. She graduated from Fort Scott High School...

Charles Louis Cable, age 88, went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, just four days after his precious wife, Willa. Charles was born Feb. 18, 1935, in Liberal, Mo., to Louis M. Cable and Edna McKay Cable. He spent his youth on a farm near Lamar, Mo., and graduated from Lamar High School with the Class of 1954. He continued his education at what is now known as Ozark Christian College in Joplin, Mo. In 1959, he received a bachelor’s degree in Christian ministry...

The Fort Scott Greyhound Football Legacy Center continues to grow in its mission to bring a football program back to Fort Scott Community College. Jack Milligan, an FSCC alumnus and former football player, is part of an alumni group that started the center in late 2021 following the discontinuation of FSCC’s football program...

Two Fort Scott Community College students who are on a mission plan to be a part of the board of trustees meeting Monday evening. And they hope when the gavel opens the meeting at 5:30 p.m., other students will join them. Marquece Hayes of Chicago and Thade Yates of Fort Scott, are hoping to bring football back to FSCC...