Stories from Friday, May 30, 2014

Donaldeen Mae Rei, age 86, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at the Medicalodges of Fort Scott. She was born May 10, 1928, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Donald V. Kibble and Beulah Ramsey Kibble. She married Joseph Rei on June 2, 1946, at Mapleton, Kan. ...

Johnny Lee Mitzner, age 76, resident of Grove, Okla., died Wednesday, May 21, 2014, following a sudden illness. He was born Oct. 30, 1937, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of John Francis and Pearl Martin Mitzner. He proudly served his country in the United States Army. He married Shirly Jean Potter on March 28, 1959, in Fort Scott. She preceded him in death on June 17, 2003...

Raylene Dennis, age 83, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in the Mercy Hospital emergency room. She was born Feb. 18, 1931, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Ray Hall and Mary Lattimer Hall. She married Bobby J. Dennis on Aug. ...

James Edwin Conner, Sr., 93, of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday morning May 29, 2014 at Mercy Hospital. He was born Aug. 3, 1920 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Charles Nelson and Mabel G. (Milburn) Conner. He married Della Mae Neth April 7, 1997 in Eureka Springs, Ark., and she survives of the home...

The new city treasurer for Uniontown won't be quitting her day job. "I will keep my current job. I am very lucky to have a boss that is very flexible with my hours and letting me have time off when needed," said Chris Middleton, 43, who started training this week for the new position as the city treasurer in Uniontown...

Workers free a BNSF Railway truck that collided with another pickup near the BNSF railroad tracks Thursday afternoon on Poplar Road just east of U.S. Highway 69 north of Fort Scott. According to the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, one man involved in the accident sustained minor injuries and refused EMS treatment at the scene. Both vehicles involved were towed out of a ditch near the tracks and away from the scene. No other details of the accident were available as of press time...

The USD 234 Board of Education approved hiring two principals during a special meeting held Wednesday afternoon. During the approximately three-minute meeting, board members voted unanimously to hire Shawn Thomas of Burlington as the new Fort Scott High School principal, and Jim Howard of Scott City as the new Fort Scott Middle School principal...

tem is on the horizon for Bourbon County. County emergency officials have been working recently to put the finishing touches on an agreement with CodeRED, which will provide the new warning system to the county. Bourbon County Emergency Manager Will Wallis said the project to implement the new system is in the "very, very early stages."...

The Tiger baseball and softball teams won their first games of the State tournaments Thursday.

MAYETTA -- Fort Scott High School senior Jonathan Allen earned a State medal in his final event as a Tiger at the Class 4A State Golf Tournament at Firekeeper Golf Course here Tuesday. Allen shot a 77 to tie for 14th place with Ethan Holoday of Holton, Parker Olmstead of Ottawa and Steve Amrein of Topeka Hayden. The top 20 golfers earned medals...

SALINA -- Fort Scott High's baseball team had to hold off a rally by Andover Central in the top of the seventh inning here Thursday before picking up a 6-4 victory over the Jaguars in the first round of the Class 4A-Division I State Baseball Tournament at Dean Evans Stadium...

SALINA -- Kansas City-Piper scored twice in the top of the seventh inning of Thursday evening's Kansas Class 4A-Division I State Softball Tournament first-round game to get within a run. But Fort Scott pitcher Hannah Gevena struck out Nasadiya Salizar with a runner on second to preserve the Tigers' 6-5 victory over the Pirates that sees them advance to this morning's semifinal game against top-seeded Augusta...