Tag: Fort Scott
Area veterans can learn more about a health clinic coming in the spring. The Veterans Administration is offering community meetings to answer questions about the opening of a VA clinic at 1408 East St. The…
A Veterans Administration clinic is expected to open this spring at the Family Physicians building at 1408 East St. The Iola VA clinic will absorb three other clinics — in Chanute, Garnett and Fort Scott…
When Fort Scott’s Mercy Hospital closed in early 2019, the community of 7,550 people in southeast, Kansas, briefly lost its emergency room. Mayor Matthew Wells remembers the time without an ER clearly. “I watched several…
The ink had barely dried before Tuesday’s news of the closure of Fort Scott’s emergency room was spun into political fodder. Gov. Laura Kelly used it as another example that Kansas should expand Medicaid eligibility,…
FORT SCOTT — Ascension Via Christi in Fort Scott will close its emergency room effective Dec. 20. Ascension Via Christi said the ER is being closed because of a steady decline in emergency room visits…
Plans for a Veterans Affairs clinic Iola have solidified a smidgen. In a phone call Tuesday with Teal Munroe, an administrator with the VA’s Community Outbased Clinic program, confirmed the clinic is on track to…
Elderly couple die in house fire EMPORIA — An elderly couple killed in a Sept. 22 house fire has been identified. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office identified Lee Roy Phillips, 88, and Mary Ann Phillips,…
FORT SCOTT — The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes is hosting a star party Saturday evening. Armed with a grant from the Fort Scott Community Foundation, the Milken Center recently acquired a Celestron NexStar…
Iola’s junior varsity tennis team fared well at the Fort Scott JV meet on Monday, with most coming away with second-place medals. The Mustangs were most successful in singles play where they won a couple…
