Stories from Thursday, July 11, 2013

Cal Ripken and Babe Ruth District baseball tournaments are underway for most teams in Southeast Kansas, with one already concluded and a few scheduled to begin Wednesday night. Since there are only five districts remaining, there are several tournaments from which two teams will advance to State tournaments. In cases where an SEK team is also hosting state, three teams will advance from District play...

GIRARD -- Fort Scott American Legion Post 25 split a doubleheader with Girard here Tuesday night in the final outing of the regular season. Girard won the opener 9-3. Fort Scott took the nightcap 13-1 in 3 innings. The second game was scheduled to go 5 innings before the run rule kicked in to stop things...

Gerald Harlan "Mac" Mackey, 91, longtime resident of Kansas City, Mo., died Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at Tara Gardens in Iola, Kan. Mac was born July 23, 1921, in Jonesboro, Ark., the son of William Greene and Ora Dell (Perkins) Mackey. He grew up in Jonesboro and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...

Timothy John Myers, 55, of Fort Scott, Kan., died 7:56 a.m. Monday July 8, 2013 at his home following an illness. Tim was born Sept. 3, 1957 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son Raymond (Short) and Marilyn (McQuity) Myers. He was a lifelong resident of the area and a graduate of Fort Scott High School. On Sept. 25, 1993, Tim married Debby Nighswonger in Hammond, Kan.; she survives at the home. Tim worked for CNF Farms for the last 18 years as a Foreman...

Aleah M. Sutterby, age 16, resident of Redfield, Kansas, died early Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, Mo., as the result of an automobile accident. She was born Oct. 9, 1996, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Mark Sutterby and Rachel Payne Sutterby...

Katie Brown, 15, of Fort Scott is shooting for a high goal. She is aiming her sights on competing in the Olympics in the sport of air rifle shooting. Brown recently won the gold medal in the three x 20 three position portion at the 2013 National 4-H Shooting Sports competition, June 23-28, at Grand Island, Neb...

New people on the Uniontown City Council faced a lengthy agenda at Tuesday evening's monthly meeting. Amber Kelly was sworn in as a new councilwoman, replacing Sally Johnson, who stepped into the city clerk's position in late May. Jess Ervin was elected in April, and at May's monthly meeting, both the city clerk, Sara Roufs, and Steve Geiger, the city's maintenance supervisor, tendered their resignations...