Stories from Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Elizabeth Ashbrook, 84, Shawnee, Kan., passed away March 8, 2010. She was born Nov. 24, 1925 in rural Fort Scott, Kan. She was the daughter of Herman and Lottie Toepfer. Elizabeth attended grade school in rural Fort Scott at the Pleasant Valley School...

Lloyd Devon Lawrence, age 76, resident of Guest Home Estates, died Monday morning, March 8, 2010, at Mercy Health Center of Fort Scott. He was born Aug. 4, 1933, in Blue Mound, Kan., the son of Roscoe Lawrence and Esther Emma Amer Lawrence. Lloyd married Shirley June Sears on Sept. 7, 1956 in Iola, Kan. She preceded him in death on Aug. 10, 1999...

Albert Wendell Wallace, 60, of Fort Scott, Kan., died early Monday morning March 8, 2010 at his home. He was born Dec. 5, 1949 in Panama City, Fla., the son of Albert Cushing and Lendell (Robinson) Wallace. He married Abigail (Abby) Ann Purvis April 28, 2001 in Fort Scott. She survives of the home...

Buster Dale Flynn, age 85 of Wellsville, Kan., passed away Monday, March 8, 2010 at the Wellsville Retirement Community. Buster Dale Flynn was born Oct. 2, 1924 in Sapulpa, Okla., the son of Bert B. and Eva Bell (Brown) Flynn. At the age of 12, he moved with his family to Moran, Kan. where he graduated from high school in 1942...

Storm spotter training that was scheduled for this evening, Wednesday, March 10, has been cancelled by Bourbon County Emergency Manager Keith Jeffers, due to the possibility of inclement weather.

For the most part, Fort Scott Community College's baseball team showed how much its improved from the beginning of the season in its game against Crowder (Mo.) at Lions Field Wednesday afternoon. At Neosho, Mo., in their season opener, the Roughriders swept the Greyhounds by double-digit margins in a doubleheader. Wednesday, only some shaky middle relief pitching was the difference between the teams as Fort Scott dropped a 6-5 decision...