Stories from Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Matthew Joe “Matt” Wiebelhaus, age 48, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died unexpectedly Tuesday, April 8, 2025. He was born Aug. 7, 1976, at Fort Scott, the son of Gary Frederick and Judy Wiebelhaus. Survivors include mother, Judy Wiebelhaus, of the home, siblings Mike Wiebelhaus (Tina) of Pleasanton, Kan., Bob Wiebelhaus (Jan) of Garland, Kan., Mary Froese of Wichita, Kan.,, Gary Dean Wiebelhaus of Lawton, Okla., Roy Wiebelhaus (Jenn) of Chehalis, Wash., and Tim Wiebelhaus (Rebekah) of Lawrence, Kan. ...

Vicki Tyler Hudson, 66, of Arcadia, Kan., passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at the Arma Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arma, Kan. Vicki was born Feb. 12, 1959 in Pittsburg, Kan., the daughter of Herman and Iris Garrett Tyler. She attended grade school in Arcadia, Kan., and graduated from Northeast High School in the Class of 1977. ...

The city of Fort Scott will officially pursue a Community Development Block Grant application for a project to make repairs to Memorial Hall. The Fort Scott City Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved a motion by Commissioner Matthew Wells to apply for a CDBG grant as presented during the commission meeting...

The Bourbon County Commission plans to conduct more research before deciding on a direction for the area of human resources. On Monday, commissioners discussed the topic of human resources after Commissioner David Beerbower said last week he wanted more clarification on what the duties of former commissioner Leroy Kruger were as the commission’s HR liaison. Commissioners have not named a replacement for Kruger...

A five-run fourth inning boosted the Fort Scott High School Tiger baseball team past the Nevada Tigers, 8-1, Monday at Dave Regan Stadium. See Wednesday's print or online edition for full report.

The Fort Scott Community College baseball team was swept by Johnson County Community College in four games May 1-2 in Overland Park. The Greyhounds end their regular season with an overall record of 35-21 and record of 15-17 in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference...