Stories from Friday, September 5, 2025

David Michael Harney was born on 7 March 1935 in Winchester, Mass., one of nine children of the late Edward Francis “Ted” Harney and Mabel Garland, of Arlington. In the late 1950s, David served in the U.S. Army in Korea. He then studied to be a landscape architect and...

Charlotte Elaine Lucas, age 77, a long-time resident of Humboldt, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, at the Medicalodge in Ft. Scott, Kan. She was born June 15, 1948, the daughter of Gerald Lee Stephens, Sr. and Evelyn Nadine York Stevens. Charlotte grew up in Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School. ...

Wallace “Mack” Probasco, age 66, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away at his home on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. He was born the son of Francis Mack and Edna E. Wallace Probasco on July 5, 1959, in Fort Scott, Kan. He graduated from Pleasanton High School in 1977.  Mack loved playing the guitar, collecting and listening to music, fishing, shooting sports and his grandchildren. ...

As of 9 a.m. Thursday, Freeman Fort Scott Hospital, Inc. is open for business. The official opening follows the successful completion of the Kansas Licensure Survey. This milestone marks a significant step forward in Freeman’s mission to expand access to high-quality, compassionate healthcare throughout Southeast Kansas...

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan) paid an impromptu visit to Freeman Fort Scott Hospital, Inc. Friday morning, roughly 24 hours after the facility’s long-awaited public opening in Fort Scott. Calling the facility “impressive,” Moran – a long-time advocate for rural health care in Kansas – was given a brief tour of the six-bed emergency department and 10-bed acute care hospital by Freeman’s Chief Executive Officer of Rural Hospitals Renee Denton and Anita Walden, Chief Administrative Officer at Freeman Fort Scott Hospital, Inc.. ...

A major announcement was made during the city of Fort Scott’s 100th Year Celebration of Memorial Hall – A Time of Remembrance Friday, Sept. 5, at Memorial Hall auditorium. See Saturday's print or online edition for full story.

The Fort Scott High School Tiger football team faced a tough challenge on the road in their season opener Friday night in Paola. The Tiger offense reached the red zone twice in the first half but came away with no points, and were held scoreless until midway through the fourth quarter when senior RB Ryder Newton pushed the ball in from one yard out to put the Tigers on the board. ...

Fort Scott High School’s varsity girls tennis team began its season with the Parsons Invitational Wednesday and the Labette County Invitational Thursday in Parsons. Fort Scott finished in fifth place with three team points at the Labette County Invitational and second place with 10 points, trailing first-place Parsons with 14 points, at the Parsons Invitational...