Stories from Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Arrest Reports: Fernandez, Miguel Antonio, 26, 1205 Maple Road, Redfield, was arrested by Kansas Highway Patrol on Thursday, May 14, 2009, at 3:35 a.m. for driving while suspended and was released on the same day at 4:59 a.m. on a $1250 bond. Dittmar, William Scott, 43, 125 E. 21st Street, Pittsburg, was arrested by Fort Scott Police Department on Saturday, May 16, 2009, at 12:50 a.m. for DUI and driving while suspended. He was released the same day at 8:50 a.m. on a $3750 bond...

A E "Brownie" Brown, Jr., 84, passed away May 18, 2009 at Olathe Medical Center. Funeral Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, May 22, 2009 at Bruce Funeral Home, 712 S Webster, Spring Hill, Kan., (913) 592-2244. Burial will follow at 2:30 p.m. in Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Assoc. or the American Diabetes Assoc...

Carrie Ruth Steele, 99, of Uniontown, Kan., passed away Tuesday morning, May 19, 2009 at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born Oct. 1, 1909 in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Joseph Robert and Carrie Edith (Mason) Ralls. She married Andrew Thomas Steele September 5, 1929 in Fort Scott. He preceded her in death May 31, 1983...

Joyce Madrene Johnson, 70, of Overland Park, Kan., went to be with our Lord, Monday, May 4, 2009, at Menorah Medical Center due to a brief illness resulting from pneumonia and a blood clot in her heart. Services were held May 6, 2009, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan...

RICHMOND -- Errors plagued Jayhawk-Linn's softball team and Central Heights took advantage to take a 10-3 victory in the semifinals of the Central Heights Class 3A Regional Tournament here Tuesday. "The story of this game is pretty simple: Errors," Jayhawk-Linn head coach Josh Regan said. "We couldn't make the routine plays and it snowballed on us. We didn't hit the ball like we are capable but we could've still been competitive if we had played defense."...

HUMBOLDT -- Uniontown's softball team reached the final of the Humboldt Class 2-1A Regional Tournament here Tuesday night but fell to the host Cubs, 10-0. To reach the final, Uniontown (11-7) defeated Altoona-Midway in a semifinal held earlier in the day, 17-7...