Stories from Friday, August 30, 2013

Charles Arthur "Chuck" Manyo, age 60, a resident of Cherryvale, Kan., passed away, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Wichita, Kan. He was born Dec. 30, 1952, in Milwaukee, Wis., the son of John Joseph Manyo and Elsie Arlene Olson Manyo. ...

Editor's note: This is the fourth of a four-part interview with Fort Scott USD 234 Schools Superintendent Diane Gross on her first year in office and a look ahead for the school system. Part three looked at the process needed to overcome the obstacles facing public education. Part four assesses the district's real strength -- its staff and the community it serves...

Organizers of the Fort Scott Country Music Show said they are bringing back a popular Branson, Mo., act to hopefully provide a boost to recently sagging attendance figures. A show scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 at Memorial Hall, 1 E. Third St., will feature Branson entertainer Wade Landry and his wife, Teresa Bowe Landry, who regularly perform in the "Swingin' Cajun Style" show at the God and Country Theatres in Branson...

UNIONTOWN -- Farmers are such a small percentage of the American population in 2013 that most people are far removed from their food supply, Bourbon County farmer Joe Ludlum said. But even though they are a small percent, they are a vital part of America's future...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's football team ran four series of eight plays each, moving players around on offense and defense and trying different combinations in a warm-up "soap" scrimmage Thursday night at the UHS field. The squad was split into different units, with the first-string offense and defense and second teams of each getting in playing time...

Fort Scott High School's new head soccer coach, Andrew Cline, said he didn't see everything he had hoped for out the Tigers' Red & White Scrimmage at Ellis Park Thursday evening. But he is working in new systems for the defending Southeast Kansas League champions, who open the regular season Tuesday at Louisburg...