Stories from Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Fort Scott Community College's men won their fourth straight game Saturday afternoon as the Greyhounds evened their season record with a 91-72 win over Penn Valley (Mo.) at Arnold Arena. It was Fort Scott's highest-scoring game of the season and the most points for the 'Hounds since beating Independence, 96-91 in double overtime, on Feb. 2 of last season. It was the first time a Fort Scott team scored 90 or more in regulation since February of 2009...

As Kansas roads will be busy with holiday travelers going to and from their destinations this week, KHP and other agencies are mobilizing to participate in the annual Special Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP), courtesy of a grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation...

This is the first of a two-part series looking at the issue of bullying in Bourbon County schools. During November's USD 234 Board of Education meeting, the issue of bullying was briefly addressed during the "superintendent's report." Additionally, during a lengthy executive session, the board "discussed matters relating to actions adversely or favorably affecting a person as a student." After the meeting, board President Janet Braun declined discussed the executive session. ...

Members of the Fort Scott Community College Choir, the Iola High School Singers and an FSCC/Community orchestra perform the final number in Sunday's concert at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the FSCC campus. Dr. Gregory E. Turner, chairperson for the Division of Communication and Fine Arts at FSCC, conducts the orchestra in the background...

Work is underway to decorate Fort Scott's Historic Downtown this week. Eric Atwood, City of Fort Scott employee, installs lights in the star topping the Mayor's Christmas Tree Monday. He said the task of hanging Christmas decorations should be completed today. ...

Henry Earl Bloesser, 74 of Independence, Mo., (formerly of Stotesbury, Mo.), died Sunday Morning, Nov. 24, 2013 at the Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln, Neb. Funeral arrangements for Henry Bloesser are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home...

DeLores Jane (Roach) Erwin, 72, Uniontown, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2013, at Aldersgate Village in Topeka. DeLores was born in Texhoma, Oklahoma on July 29, 1941, the daughter of Charles and Ellen (Stevens) Roach. She attended Texhoma Public Schools. She received a degree in education from Panhandle State College in Goodwell, Oklahoma. Later DeLores received a Master's degree in special education from Pittsburg State University...

Tammy Sue Merriman, age 51, a resident of Mulberry, Kan., died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, at the Fort Scott Manor in Fort Scott, Kan. She was born Oct. 31, 1962, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Merle Henry Button and Mable Dunham Button. Survivors include her seven children; Keith Murrow and Jennifer, of Horton, Kan., Steven Merriman and Virginia, of Fort Scott, Jacob Merriman, Fort Scott, Tamera Merriman and Levi, of Franklin, Kan., Amberly Merriman, Beatrice Merriman and Jeffrey Doherty, all of Fort Scott; and nine grandchildren. ...