Stories from Tuesday, March 18, 2014

ARKANSAS CITY -- Cowley posted its second sweep of Fort Scott Community College in three days as the Tigers kept pace with Johnson County and Coffeyville atop the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division baseball standings. The Tigers (12-0 East, 17-3 overall) won the opener 3-2 with a seventh-inning rally and the second game 11-7...

Fort Scott Community College's men's basketball team will be making its first appearance in a national tournament since 1948 when it takes the court at the Mary Miller Complex in Danville, Ill., for a first-round game in the NJCAA Division II Basketball Tournament at 11 a.m. Wednesday morning...

A Deerfield, Mo., man was hurt in an all-terrain vehicle accident Friday evening on Humbolt Road near the Fort Scott Livestock Market, about half a mile west of North National Ave. Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin said Monday Shane Bunn of Deerfield was injured when the ATV he was driving on Humbolt Road and struck another ATV he was traveling behind, flipping his ATV and throwing him from the vehicle...

Hundreds of students from across the four-state region plan to flock to Fort Scott Community College later this month for the 33rd annual Key Industries Aggie Day. FSCC will host the event, one of the area's largest and longest-running agricultural contests, from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 28. Registration will run from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in Arnold Arena on the FSCC campus, 2108 Horton St...

Even though Bourbon County received some precipitation over the weekend, on Monday, Bourbon County Commissioners voted unanimously to continue a burn ban. The ban was issued Friday on the recommendation from Bourbon County Fire District 3 Commander Delwin Mumbower and other fire chiefs and firefighters who had spent much of March 13 battling numerous grass fires. Commissioners agreed to review conditions on Monday...

Fort Scott Community College Greyhounds basketball players get on a bus Sunday following a send-off at Arnold Arena. The team is headed for its first National Championship tournament since 1948. The Greyhounds play fourth-seeded South Suburban College at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Danville, Ill. Pictured are, from left, Dontae Johnson, Will Harrington, Jaylynn McCormack, Head Coach Michael Cook, Prince Samuels and Assistant Coach James Hays...

Edwina Kay Lohuis, 73, of Oak Grove, Mo., passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014, in Independence, Mo. Funeral Services for Edwina will be 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Meyers Funeral Chapel, 1600 W. Main St., Blue Springs, Mo., (816) 229-3276. ...

Darla Dawn Gross, age 73, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at her home following a cancer illness. She was born Sept. 3, 1940, in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Orville Walter Ray and May 
Belle Small Ray. She married Glenn Gross on Sept. 18, 1965, in Jellico, Tenn. He preceded her in death on Jan. 8, 2012. Darla had worked for Resource Independent Living where she provided in-home care for the elderly...

Junior Lemuel Peterson, 88, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away late Saturday evening March 15, 2014 at Mercy Hospital. He was born May 16, 1925 in Fort Scott, the son of John Lemuel and Florence Edith (Farmer) Peterson. He married Jacqueline "Jackie" Richey June 29, 1947 in Fort Scott. She survives of the home...

Vernon E. Anderson, 84, El Dorado, died Saturday, March 15, 2014 at Lakepoint Rehabilitation in El Dorado. A celebration of his life will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 22, at Mt. Orum Cemetery, Redfield, Kan. Visitation with the family present is from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 21, at Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado, Kan., which is in charge of the arrangements...