Stories from Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Virgil G. Uttinger, 73, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025 at Medicialodges of Nevada following a lengthy illness. Virgil was born Jan. 18, 951 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Claud and Mable M. (Barnes) Uttinger Virgil, was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Raymond Uttinger of Springfield, Mo. ...

Gladene Rose Reavis, age 92, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born July 29, 1933. Gladene grew up in Cato, Kan. She married Henry A. Reavis on May 14, 1956, at Miami, Okla. Gladene was a devoted wife and a loving mother to her three children. She was employed for a time with the Western Insurance Company and later in the library at Fort Scott Community College...

Bourbon County Commissioners on Monday discussed, but ultimately took no action on a proposed noise ordinance presented for review last week. The proposed draft of the ordinance, created by citizen Michael Hoyt, is based on examples from Atchison and Douglas counties. The ordinance outlines definitions, prohibited acts, exceptions, enforcement and penalties related to “unreasonable, excessive and disturbing noise within the county.”...

The races for city and county commissions include some new and familiar faces. During a candidate forum Oct. 22 at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, attendees heard from four of the five candidates running for three open positions on the Fort Scott City Commission and two candidates looking for seats representing new districts on the Bourbon County Commission...

The Fort Scott High School boys and girls cross country teams are bound for state. Both teams finished in third place at the Neodesha regional meet Saturday, qualifying both teams for the Class 4A state meet Nov. 1 in Wamego. See Wednesday's print or online edition for full results...