The Fort Scott High School Lady Tiger softball team was determined to advance to the second day of the Class 4A State Softball Championship and came away with a third-place finish with a 1-0 win over ...

The Fort Scott High School Tiger baseball team staved off a late-game push by the St. George/Rock Creek High School Mustangs late Friday night to capture the first state title in the history of the ...

Fort Scott City Commissioners approved the purchase of equipment for the purpose of asphalting during a special meeting Monday evening. See Wednesday's print or online edition for full story.

The Bourbon County Commission faces its second vacancy in recent months after former Commission Chairman Brandon Whisenhunt announced his resignation Monday evening. See Wednesday's print or online ...

Rees Lyle Shattuck, age 93, Prescott, Kan., passed away, Monday May 26, 2025. He was born on Aug. 31, 1931 in Boicourt, Kan., the son of Rees Wilbur and Lulu Elizabeth Black Shattuck. He served his ...

Peggy Anne Gannon, age 81, died May 29 at sunrise at Cherry Creek assisted living in Denver, Colo., following a lengthy illness. Peggy was born Feb. 22, 1944, in Alameda, Calif., to Aubra L. and ...

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 ...

The judge in a civil lawsuit involving Bourbon County Commissioners and solar energy companies granted a motion for partial dismissal of the plaintiffs in the case during a hearing May 19 in Bourbon ...

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 ...

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 ...