Stories from Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Fort Scott High School has received recognition from the Kansas State High School Activities Association for sportsmanship at the Class 4A State Basketball Tournament, held in Salina March 6-9. Fort Scott and state champion Wamego were awarded medals and a plaque by the KSHSAA while Labette County, Clearwater and Pratt received certificates. ...

Jesse Lee Downing, age 55, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, March 23, 2013, at his home. Services will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan.

Chester Kershner, 87 of Moran, Kan. died Sunday evening, March 24, 2013 at the Moran Manor Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements for Chester Kershner are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Joel and Christian Anderson, Fort Scott, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Jazlynne Belle Anderson on at 3:16 a.m. on March 21, 2013 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott. She weighed 7.5 pounds and was welcomed by sibling, Ashton Page. Maternal grandparents are Erlinda and John Page, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Patti Brown, Fort Scott and Charles Anderson, Wichita...

Mathew and Jackie (Bradbury) Peters, Hubert, N.C. are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Susan Anna Peters at 10:28 a.m. on February 15, 2013 at Onslow Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, N.C. Susan weighed 9 pounds and 5 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Tom and Myrna Bradbury, Uniontown. Paternal grandparents are David and Diana Peters, Bronson and Gaylene Miller, Olathe...

Sherry Rupprecht has a lot of kin and quite a few of them showed up Saturday during the Fort Scott Community College Relay for Life's fundraiser at the 4-H Building on the Bourbon County Fairgrounds. "To give you an idea of how many cousins there are, when I was kid and I couldn't sleep, I counted my cousins," Rupprecht said during a rare break in activities at the event...

There won't be any blasting at one of Bourbon County's leased quarries until the county attorney can determine liability issues involving a company that may be drilling for oil on the property at the same time. Commissioners said during their regular meeting Monday they have discovered that Running Foxes Petroleum is planning to drill for oil on property owned by the George Family Trust, which also is the site of the George Quarry. ...

Fort Scott Police said wet roads contributed to a series of local accidents that took place throughout the day Saturday in various parts of town. Police and other emergency personnel worked a variety of accidents that included a semi-trailer that jackknifed on the highway, a driver fleeing the scene after his vehicle struck a utility pole, and a vehicle that crashed into a local residence...

Two Oklahoma residents were killed and four other people were injured in a three-vehicle collision Saturday afternoon on U.S. Highway 69 about six miles south of Fort Scott. About 4 p.m., a 2003 Chevy Trailblazer driven by Geoffry Kyser, 61, of Miami, Okla., sideswiped a 2007 Chevy HHR driven by Brandon Michael Shaw, 31, of Park Hill, Okla., spun and was struck in the passenger side door by a third vehicle, a 2012 Jeep Patriot driven by Jacob Harold Perry, 31, of Welch, Okla., a Kansas Highway Patrol report said.. ...