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Kansas Main Street official: Code enforcement, leadership key to downtown success

Speaking at a packed downtown gathering, Kansas Main Street's Drew Simpson emphasized the importance of code enforcement and stable leadership to Fort Scott's downtown revitalization.

By Nick Graham

/ 9 Oct 2026

Government

County's HR consultant request closes; commissioner questions whether requirements will be enforced

By Curtis Major

/ 8 Oct 2026

Kansas City health ministry eyes red-tagged downtown building for Fort Scott clinic

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Kansas City health ministry eyes red-tagged downtown building for Fort Scott clinic

By Curtis Major

/ 7 Oct 2026

Government

BREAKING: IRS lien cleared, deed in hand for Moody Building transfer

By Nick Graham

/ 6 Oct 2026

KDHE OKs pressure washer, roll-offs at transfer station; commissioners debate funding 5% raise

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KDHE OKs pressure washer, roll-offs at transfer station; commissioners debate funding 5% raise

By Curtis Major

/ 6 Oct 2026

Obituaries

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Fletcher Keith Wheeler Obituary

By Staff Report

/ 2 Oct 2026

Obituaries

Corinne Teressa Demko Obituary

By Staff Report

/ 2 Oct 2026

Obituaries

Janice Elaine (Clark) Ramsey Obituary

By Staff Report

/ 2 Oct 2026

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Introducing Hands of Bourbon County

By Curtis Major

/ 5 Oct 2026

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The Curator's Eye: Starting an Art Collection on Any Budget

By Kate Freeman

/ 3 Oct 2026

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'You've Got a Serious, Serious Problem': Asbestos Expert Sounds Alarm on Courthouse

By Nick Graham

/ 14 Aug 2026

Features

County Employees And Elected Officials Describe A Workplace Of Fear And Low Morale

By Nick Graham

/ 3 Aug 2026

Features

Fired on Day 90: County Dismissed Maintenance Worker Hours After He Sought Asbestos Testing

By Nick Graham

/ 31 Jul 2026

Features

Bourbon County Commission Divided Over Plan To Reclaim Hospital

By Nick Graham

/ 24 Jun 2026

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The Curator's Eye: Starting an Art Collection on Any Budget

One of the biggest misconceptions about collecting art is that it's something reserved for wealthy people with sprawling homes and blank walls waiting to be filled.

By Kate Freeman

/ 3 Oct 2026

A Golf Cart Contrast

Dave and I now have a home with a backyard view of the golf course, and we have been fascinated by the difference in how the two sexes team up to play the game.

By Patty LaRoche

/ 3 Oct 2026

DAR chapter brings Kansas history exhibit to FSCC

The Kansas Pioneer Patriots exhibit, featuring Lucinda Todd, Amelia Earhart, Dwight D. Eisenhower and five other Kansans, is in the Bailey Hall lobby at Fort Scott Community College through Oct. 6.

By Carley Horton

/ 3 Oct 2026

DAR chapter brings Kansas history exhibit to FSCC

Help Guide Our Expansion, Get a Shot at $50

Our free subscriber and paid subscriber surveys are open, and close Monday at midnight. Take two minutes and be entered to win a $50 gift card to the Bourbon County business of your choice.

By Nick Graham

/ 2 Oct 2026

Help Guide Our Expansion, Get a Shot at $50

Pioneer Harvest Fiesta Prepares for Final Bow

The Pioneer Harvest Fiesta, the state's oldest antique farm show, marks its 70th anniversary and final show this weekend at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds, beginning with Thursday's downtown parade.

By Millie Lipscomb

/ 1 Oct 2026

Pioneer Harvest Fiesta Prepares for Final Bow

‘We’re going to do better next year’: Commissioners Adopt 2027 County Budget

Bourbon County adopts 2027 budget at 56.678 mills, keeps 5% raises for employees.

By Curtis Major

/ 29 Sep 2026

‘We’re going to do better next year’: Commissioners Adopt 2027 County Budget

Fort Scott native with four generations of ties buys Old Congregational Church

Her great-grandfather preached there, her great-grandmother played the organ and her father grew up in the congregation. Now Angela Cutbill owns the Old Congregational Church.

By Nick Graham

/ 29 Sep 2026

Fort Scott native with four generations of ties buys Old Congregational Church

The Monitor Is Going All In (And We're Hiring)

An apology, a thank you, how we're expanding, and how you can *get paid* to help us grow!

By Nick Graham

/ 28 Sep 2026

The Monitor Is Going All In (And We're Hiring)

When My Mind Goes On Tilt

Do you ever wonder why some things hit our funny bone harder than others, or why some hang on for so long? It’s kind of like how some songs

By Millie Lipscomb

/ 28 Sep 2026

A Grandparent's Mission

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 1 Corinthians 3:6-7

By Patty LaRoche

/ 27 Sep 2026

From Fall Festival to FortFest: Care to Share's blues weekend returns to Riverfront Park

What began as a backyard housewarming party in 2022 is back at Riverfront Park this weekend. FortFest brings free blues, a car show, a bike show and a kids fair, all benefiting Care to Share.

By Curtis Major

/ 25 Sep 2026

From Fall Festival to FortFest: Care to Share's blues weekend returns to Riverfront Park

'Those aren't low-income people': Local housing leaders tell USDA chief rural buyers are priced out

A Fort Scott realtor and an Independence housing official told the USDA's top rural development official Wednesday that working families in southeast Kansas can't afford new homes, and builders can't afford to make them.

By Nick Graham

/ 24 Sep 2026

'Those aren't low-income people': Local housing leaders tell USDA chief rural buyers are priced out

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