Stories from Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Three people were injured in two separate accidents this past weekend on area roads. According to a Kansas Highway Patrol report, 15-year-old Emily Ann Hicks, of Irving, Texas, was hurt when the 1998 Honda Civic she was driving east on Kansas Highway 7 crashed on K-7 just south of U.S. Highway 69 or about three miles south of Fort Scott. The accident took place about 11:30 a.m. Sunday...

Bourbon County Commissioners addressed a number of personnel issues heading into the summer months, including approving a motion to hire four temporary employees - three for mowing county property and one to be used as a utility person wherever they are needed. ...

Gary Landen Frye, age 48 of Nevada, Mo. died Friday May 17, 2013 at his home. A Celebration of Gary's life will take place at a later date and will be announced by the Schneider Funeral Homes & Crematory Pleasanton Chapel.

Laura Jean Hyer, age 53, resident of Fort Scott, died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

There are three undefeated teams going to the Class 2-1A State Softball Tournament, which begins Thursday afternoon at the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia. Each of them are returning qualifiers and the defending State champion and runner-up are among them...

YATES CENTER -- Nine Uniontown athletes earned medals at the Yates Center Class 2A Regional Meet here Friday. Three of those medalists qualified for this weekend's State Track and Field Meet in Wichita. The top six finishers in each event won medals. The top four finishers qualified for State...

IOLA -- Fort Scott High School will send four athletes to this weekend's State Track and Field Meet in four events as a result of efforts at Friday's Iola Class 4A Regional Meet. The top six finishers in each event earned medals, as is the case at all meets, but only the top four qualified for State...