Stories from Tuesday, December 2, 2025

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce announces that Steve and Pat Harry will be honored as Grand Marshals at the Christmas Parade, themed “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” and scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday in downtown Fort Scott. This year’s theme invites a fun, music-inspired celebration featuring any genre or decade – 80s glam holiday, country Christmas, classic carolers, and more. ...

The Fort Scott City Commission on Tuesday approved a bid for a rehab project at the Davis Lift Station but want to look at other financing options for the project. Commissioners approved a bid of $2,509,499.59 from Jeff Asbell Excavating & Trucking, Inc., of Carl Junction, Mo., for the project to redo the city’s main lift station. The bid involves work on the station’s extraneous flow pump and force main...

Bourbon County Commissioners have approved a resolution outlining the district from which a replacement commissioner will be appointed in January. On Monday, commissioners unanimously approved a motion by Commissioner Mika Milburn-Kee, who represents the third district, to sign resolution 37-25 concerning the district “in which a vacancy appointment shall be made during the transition from three to five commission districts,” according to the resolution...