Stories from Friday, June 21, 2024

During a discussion Tuesday on a proposed policy concerning the Fort Scott Farmers’ Market, Teri Hamilton, president of the organization, said she wanted to address the impact of the market being displaced for one weekend. Fort Scott City Commissioners and city staff discussed an ordinance allowing the market to have the “first rights of refusal” for any event using the Gathering Square Pavilion from 7 a.m. ...

The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees on Monday was updated on financial work underway with new administration in place. The board heard from the college’s new head finance administrator and Interim President Sara Sutton, discussed a financial committee and other goals...

Mildred L. Bolin, age 98, resident of Fort Scot, Kan., passed away Thursday, June 20, 2024, at the Via Christi Medical Center in Pittsburg, Kan. Services for Mildred Bolin will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

William Kenneth “Ken” Galloway, 75, of rural Parsons, passed away at 12:20 a.m., Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. Ken was born on Jan. 25, 1949 in Denver, Colo., to Donald and Mary Josephine (Moore) Galloway. Ken grew up in Fort Scott and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School. He was raised a Catholic and attended St. Patrick Catholic Church in Parsons...