[2] The Fort Scott Banner began publication in 1882, and the same group began publication of the Fort Scott Tribune as a daily on October 1, 1884, with J.B. Chapman as its first editor.
[3] When Marble Sr. died in 1930,[6] George Marble Jr. (d. June 18, 1972) took over as publisher, and remained in that position until 1972 when he died of a reaction to a bee sting.
[5] His widow Sally Marble (d. 1982) then served as publisher from 1972 to 1979.
[4] In 1979, George Jr. and Sally's daughter Sara, and her husband Frank Emery took over the paper.
[5] It remained in Emery's hands until he sold to Rust Communications in 2004.