Stories from Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Thomas Edwin Hedges, age 83, formerly of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Monday April 3, 2023. A gathering to celebrate Tom's life will be announced at a later date. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.

Segrid Laughlin Salmon, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother died March 30, 2023, in Placerville, Calif. She was 89 years old. Segrid was born July 30, 1933, to Stanley Joe Laughlin and Olive May Foster Laughlin in Chanute, Kan. She grew up in Prescott, Kan., and Ft. ...

Fort Scott Community College’s Greyhound softball team swept Highland Community College in a doubleheader Sunday. The Hounds (19-6, 2-0) clinched a late lead to defeat the Scotties 11-4 in game one, and held off a push by Highland in the fifth inning of game two to take a 7-4 victory. It was the Hounds’ first conference games of the season...

Fort Scott High School’s varsity boys’ tennis team finished third Thursday at the Independence Invitational. The Tigers placed third with five team points, behind Independence’s and Parsons’ squads, who tied with nine points; Independence finished first as the Bulldogs defeated Parsons 3-1 head-to-head. Labette County High School finished fourth with one point...

Note: The Hounds also swept Coffeyville Community College 6-1 and 6-4 Saturday at Lions Field. Fort Scott Community College’s baseball team walloped Coffeyville Community College 21-10 in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday, then nipped Coffeyville 8-5 in game two...

The Tigers will compete in the 2023 Adam LaRoche Varsity Baseball Tournament Thursday through Saturday at the LaRoche Baseball Complex. See Wednesday's print or online edition for full story.

“She was a woman for all seasons, a Renaissance woman.” These were the words used by local historian and retired educator and USD 234 superintendent Fred Campbell to describe the late Shirley Palmer, a former teacher, politician and longtime Fort Scott resident who died March 28 at the age of 80...

Fort Scott Police officers made an arrest Monday following an incident involving a discharged firearm at an apartment complex on Shepherd Street. According to a Fort Scott Police Department news release, at 11:05 a.m., FSPD officers and deputies from the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call regarding a gun shot in the area of the Highland Apartments, 804 Shepherd St...

Action on a proposed farmers market pavilion on the west grassy are of Skubitz Plaza was tabled by the Fort Scott City Commissioners and Design Review Board. On Monday, the design review board submitted questions to the committee in charge of the project...

The Fort Scott Kiwanis Club held its annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday at Gunn Park when children of all ages raced down the hills in search of eggs filled with prizes such as candy and tickets for other prizes that could be claimed inside Shelter House No. 2...