Tag: Fort Scott
Iola has taken a “big” step forward in attracting a window manufacturer to town. Iola City Council members approved Monday a series of incentives that would assist Peerless Products in acquiring the old Haldex Brake…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Students in Kansas can take free classes on how to fix tractors at two community colleges through a technology program partnership with John Deere. Students can enroll in the free agricultural…
Four Iola string orchestra students took part in the first Independence Community College Orchestra Honors Day on Saturday, Jan. 25, in Independence. Students played under the direction of ICC’s music instructor Larry Markiewicz and gave…
Thanks to the stellar reporting by Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News, the closing of Fort Scotts Mercy Hospital and its effect on the town has been uniquely chronicled over the past year on…
FORT SCOTT Two people were arrested following a reported robbery at Fort Scotts Walmart Monday evening. According to fortscottbiz.com, Fort Scott police officers were called to the store at about 11:30 p.m., after an…
FORT SCOTT Marmaton Valley High School senior Ty Scharff and sophomore Garrett Henderson both earned high honors at the Fort Scott Community College Math Relays Oct. 15. Scharff finished first in the mental math…
FORT SCOTT A grant writing workshop is Nov. 8 in Fort Scott, and is geared to help communities seek alternative funding sources. The workshop, which runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the…
One year ago this week Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott dropped a bombshell, announcing that after 132 years it would close its doors. Some say the hospitals demise began almost as soon as its new…
TOPEKA A three-judge panel of the Kansas Court of Appeals will hear three cases Tuesday at Fort Scott Community College as part of the courts observance of Constitution Day. The court will hear cases…
One Monday in February, 65-year-old Karen Endicott-Coyan gripped the wheel of her black 2014 Ford Taurus with both hands as she made the hour-long drive from her farm near Fort Scott to Chanute. With a…
