Stories from Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Two Fort Scott residents were arrested following their involvement in a two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon that claimed the life of a Hutchinson man. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol crash log, Daniel E. Blake, 60, was driving a 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis eastbound on U.S. Highway 54 when Blake failed to yield and turned in front of a westbound 2015 Harley Davidson Road Glide, causing the motorcycle to overturn and strike the Mercury...

USD 234 staff and a volunteer were recognized for their efforts during Monday’s USD 234 Board of Education meeting. Superintendent Destry Brown recognized Jannah Farrington, a special education teacher at Fort Scott Middle School, as the Licensed Tiger Team Member of the Month; Cheryl Marsh, kitchen manager at Fort Scott High School, as the Classified Tiger Team Member of the Month; and Bill Michaud; coordinator of the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce’s mentoring program, as the Volunteer of the Year.. ...

Dwight Lester Driver, age 52, a resident of Bronson, Kan., passed away Saturday, June 10, 2023, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born Oct. 11, 1970, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Dwight Adams Driver and Karen Marie Sampson Driver. Dwight worked as a wood cutter and enjoyed doing carpentry work...

Alan Shinn, age 76, a resident of Uniontown, Kan., passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at his home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kansas.

Neva Carol Stainbrook was born in Uniontown, Kan., on Feb. 2, 1935. Her great grandfather, William Stainbrook, was one of the earliest settlers of the Marmaton Valley in 1855, coming to Fort Scott on an ox cart as the Dragoon outpost closed. The family eventually settled at Turkey Creek, Kan. ...