After lengthy delays — too many, in David Lipe’s opinion — Sharky’s will open its doors Monday. “Ready or not, we’re opening,” Lipe said. Lipe’s initial plan was to open Sharky’s at 112 S. Washington…

Entering an animal in the Allen County Fair requires an extended commitment after first acquiring, and then feeding and working with everything from steers to roosters for months in advance of Fair Week. For siblings…

Crews with H2 Painting of Fort Scott sprayed a disinfectant and cleaning solution on the outside of Gary McIntosh’s MDR Insurance building in the 200 block of South Street Friday morning. The cleaning is necessary…

Jake Knight followed a different kind of career path before becoming an attorney. Knight, who previously worked for the Reynolds Law Firm in Fort Scott since 2018, opened his own law office in Iola in…

The promise of Fort Scott getting a hospital is on shaky ground after learning that the prospective manager, Noble Health Corp., has recently closed the two hospitals it owns in Missouri. “What has happened there…

It took a few years longer than anticipated, but the owner of Sharky’s restaurants in Fort Scott and Nevada, Mo., soon will open a third bar and grill in Iola. David Lipe, who owns the…

Barry Geertsen, a park ranger with the Fort Scott National Historic Site, speaks to Lincoln Elementary School students Tuesday about the fort’s history and other interesting tidbits as part of the ongoing Iola Reads program.…

FORT SCOTT — Fort Scott will once again have a hospital. Drew Solomon, chief executive officer of Noble Health Corporation, announced the non-profit will reopen as an acute care facility in what had been Mercy…

It’s a man-bites-dog news story. Fort Scott announced Monday that it will once again have a hospital. The welcome news bucks a 20-year trend of shuttering rural hospitals. Since 2005, almost 200 rural communities in…

It’s been quite a year for Kelly Perry. The Protein Place, a health supplement business she opened one year ago today, has moved into a larger location, and her sister came here to operate it. …