Fort Scott is set to lose emergency room services on Dec. 20. When Fort Scott’s Mercy Hospital closed in early 2019, the community of 7,550 people in southeast Kansas briefly lost its emergency room.

FT. SCOTT, Kan. — A new park, representing more than a century of African American history, officially opened Thursday in Ft. Scott. A ribbon cutting marked the grand opening of the Wayman Chapel ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. — Having been awarded a franchise this spring to join the Mid-America League — the league in which the Joplin Outlaws play — Fort Scott last week revealed the finalists for the team’s ...

The Joplin Outlaws hit the road Friday, this time to a new destination, Fort Scott, Kansas, which will join the Mid-America League next year. The four-game series in Fort Scott will take place July 11 ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. — Last fall, administrators at Fort Scott Community College discovered the school was facing a roughly one-million-dollar deficit. Since that time, they’ve been looking at how they ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. — A popular fishing spot in Ft. Scott is stocked for the last time as trout season comes to an end in Kansas. Fern Lake in Ft. Scott’s Gunn Park was stocked with around 500 rainbow ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. (KCTV) - A small town in Kansas is looking to celebrate its history in a big way. The National Park Service says that on Saturday, Aug. 30, the Fort Scott National Historic Site will ...

There is something awe-inspiring about seeing thousands of white marble headstones uniformly lined up throughout pristinely manicured grounds. Entering the iron gates of the Fort Scott National ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. — With the Joplin Outlaws hosting the Texarkana Rhinos on Friday at LaRoche Baseball Complex, the Mid-America League revealed the name of its incoming Fort Scott franchise. The Fort ...

BOURBON CO., Kan. (WIBW) - A woman from Fort Scott must pay more than $500,000 in restitution and will have to serve about two and a half years behind bars for allegedly mistreating an elderly person.