Stories from Friday, May 23, 2025

Marjorie Earline Foster, age 93, passed away Thursday, May 22, 2023, at Arma Health and Rehab in Arma, Kan. Services will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

A large circle of family and friends mourn the passing of a very dear lady at her home in Richmond Hill on May 21, 2025. Ethel LaVon Toews was born Dec. 14, 1937, in Hillsboro, Kan., the daughter of Albert and Elsie (Hein) Toews. At an early age she was called "Von" by her siblings, and later in life she was known by some as Ethel, by others as Von, and of course by some as simply Mom, Grandma, or Great Grandma. ...

Fort Scott City Commissioners plan to wait until they receive more information on the wording of a sales tax ballot question before voting on a proposal. See Saturday's print or online edition for full story.

The Fort Scott High School Tiger baseball team won a Class 4A regional championship Thursday to punch its ticket to the state tournament next week in Salina. The No. 2 seeded Tigers (25-3) blew past the No. 15 seeded Coffeyville-Field Kindley Golden Tornado (6-12) 10-0 in the first round and scored six runs in the fifth inning of their matchup with the No. ...