Stories from Friday, May 30, 2025

Dixie Kathleen Bradley Wilkerson, age 85, Independence, Mo., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Friday, May 30, 2025. Funeral service will be held at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at the Schneider Funeral Home, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be held from 11:30 a.m. to service time. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Dementia Society of America. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Alvin Glen “JR” Lattimer, Jr., age 67, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Mercy Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born May 15, 1958, in Olathe, Kan., the son of Alvin Glen Lattimer, Sr. and Reva Joy Beasley Lattimer. ...

Gary Ray Johnson, age 90 of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on May 28, 2025 in Kansas City, Mo.  A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, June 2, 2025 at the Schneider Funeral Home in Pleasanton, Kan. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until service time. ...

Peggy Anne Gannon, age 81, resident of Aurora, Colo., passed away Thursday, May 29, 2025, at sunrise at Cherry Creek in Denver, Colo. Services for Peggy Gannon will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Patricia Ann Eastwood, age 83, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at her home in Fort Scott. She was born July 26, 1941, in Iola, Kan., the daughter of William Charles Hoggatt and Virginia Ann Thompson Hoggatt. Pat attended schools at Iola, Hoisington and Fort Scott. ...

The city of Fort Scott Public Works Department has been making improvements to a downtown public parking lot. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

An effort by one Fort Scott City Commissioner to shorten the window for shooting fireworks in the city failed by a 3-2 vote during the commission’s May 20 meeting. Commissioner Kathryn Salsbury said she researched policies of other cities and counties in the region, including Southeast Kansas and Missouri, and discussed shortening the window for discharging fireworks for the benefit of pets, veterans and other people with PTSD...