Stories from Wednesday, February 9, 2011

OVERLAND PARK -- Fort Scott Community College's basketball teams were swept by nationally-ranked Johnson County squads in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader here Monday night. Cavalier women, ranked No. 2 in NJCAA Division II, took an 83-37 victory. Johnson County men, ranked No. 14 in Division II, rolled to a 70-49 win...

Fort Scott High School's basketball games versus Parsons, scheduled for to be held at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night, have been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 21. Fort Scott's doubleheader was one of eight in the Southeast Kansas, Three Rivers and Pioneer leagues that were postponed Tuesday. The only other area school to be affected was Pleasanton, which scheduled a TRL doubleheader versus Crest for February 17. Uniontown and Jayhawk-Linn were not scheduled to play Tuesday...

Ronald Keith Roberts, age 53, former Fort Scott resident, died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, at his residence in Lee's Summit, Mo. Service arrangements for Ronald Keith Roberts will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan., 66701...

Week two of the young forensics season found the Tigers in a unique situation as they traveled in three directions, despite not having a week of in-class preparation. Coach Brian Weilert stated that he knew the teams were not going to be as prepared as they could be, but was confident that many of them had put in the work on their own during the "snow-week"...

Bourbon County 4-H Club Days was held Feb. 5 at Uniontown High School. Vocal Solo: (Junior Division) Purple: Gwenyth Fry, Hiattville 4-H Club; Red: Laryn Thompson, Northeast Scott 4-H Club. (Senior Division) Purple: Taylor Bailey, Pawnee 4-H Club; Blue: Hannah Fry, Hiattville 4-H Club; Katie Brown, Pawnee 4-H Club; Dacey Simpson, Pawnee 4-H Club...

Fort Scott National Historic Site is inviting the public to honor the memory of Abraham Lincoln and take part in an attempt at a world record by joining in a nationwide mass reading of Lincoln's farewell address given 150 years ago in Springfield, Ill., as the President-elect began the journey to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration...

Proposed reductions in state aid could hit USD 234 smack in the general fund. District Business Manager Tiffany Forester discussed the possibility of cuts in state aid for the remainder of the 2010-11 school year and for the 2011-12 school year at Monday's board meeting. If the governor's proposals are approved, base state aid per pupil would drop from $4,012 to $3,937, resulting in a loss of $137,762 in funding for USD 234 this year, she said...

Surrounded by family and friends, Jimmy Nichols was laid to rest Tuesday after a brief time on Earth. However, he touched more lives than anyone may ever know. Nichols died at age of 41 on Feb. 2. He was not just the head administrator at the Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center, he was a father figure, mentor and community leader. ...