Members of the Design Review Board recently weighed in on the topic of a miniature golf course in the downtown historic district, with most board members supporting the concept but not the initially ...

Fort Scott City Commissioners plan to host a work session and be part of a town hall meeting concerning a sales tax ballot question. During Tuesday's city commission meeting, City Manager Brad Matkin ...

An update Monday on the Bourbon County public works department included the news that one director plans to remain in his position. Public Works Director Eric Bailey said Dustin Hall, assistant public ...

Mildred Lucille Kesler, 61, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away July 31, 2025. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Jo Ann Thomas, 83, of Fort Scott, passed away peacefully on the morning of July 27, 2025, surrounded by family. Jo Ann was born on May 4, 1942, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Oscar and Jimmie Sapp. As a ...

Stephanie H. Johnson, 82, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Aug. 5, 2025. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

City of Fort Scott officials and business owners met Tuesday for an informational meeting on the potential for the city to join the Kansas Main Street Program. About 10-12 local business owners ...

Bourbon County Commissioners are discussing the financial impact after recently moving forward with termination of the county's agreement with the Southeast Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Center ...

The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees has approved salary increases for faculty and staff for the 2025-26 academic year. On Monday, the board approved a tentative agreement with the Fort ...

Karl Miller, president and CEO of Lark Signs in Wichita, carries a post for one of the signs that were being set at the Wayman Chapel AME site Tuesday. Each sign will tell the history of Wayman Chapel ...

A former Fort Scott Community College student and athlete killed in an officer-involved shooting Saturday in Wyandotte County is remembered by friends, college leaders and former colleagues for his ...

Plans are in the works to address safety concerns within the Bourbon County Public Works department. On Monday, Bourbon County Commissioners heard from representatives of the Kansas Workers Risk ...