Stories from Saturday, June 14, 2014

Participants in the Race Across America will be arriving in Fort Scott beginning Sunday when the first competitor is expected to check into the Fort Scott time station. Now in its 33rd year, solo competitors began the race Tuesday and teams start today at Oceanside, Calif. The race is expected to conclude as the last team arrives June 23 at Annapolis, Md., according to a RAAM press release...

A former Uniontown man and K-State football player died in a car accident earlier this week in Carbondale, Ill. Cory Lee Warren, 26, of Marion, Ill., has been identified as the person killed in a traffic accident Tuesday on Cedar Creek Road in Jackson County, according to a Friday story in The Southern Illinoisan...

Eileen L. Roloff, born Sept. 19, 1917, passed away peacefully on May 24, 2014 in Alameda, Calif., surrounded by family. Her can-do, pragmatic, creative and resilient spirit was forged as the fourth eldest child of 12 growing up on hard-scrabble farms in Rich Hill and Kansas City, Mo., as well as Fulton and Fort Scott, Kan. ...

Myrna Louise Turner, 74, of Fort Scott, died Friday morning at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

John Seested, age 68, resident of rural Fulton, passed away Thursday, June 12, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. Services for John Seested will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Ellen Hester, age 93, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Friday June 13, 2014. Graveside funeral service will be held 6 p.m. Monday, June 16, 2014 at the Littell Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4: 30 until departure for cemetery at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. ...

Donald Gene Brenneman, age 80, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Friday, June 13, 2014. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at the Calvary Baptist Church, La Cygne, Kan. Burial will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. ...

The Bourbon County Commissioners might be a step closer to making a decision on whether to allow contractors to install culverts in county right-of-ways. Commissioners met with Holly Powers, engineer with Schafer, Kline and Warren Friday to discuss changing the county's permitting policy regarding culverts. ...

According to USD 234 school officials, Amber Toth has won the hearts and minds of her students. Toth, who had a whirlwind first year teaching debate, forensics, and speech at Fort School High School, was recently named Fort Scott (Secondary-level) Teacher of the Year by the USD 234 Board of Education...

The 18th Annual Echoes of the Trail Cowboy Gathering takes place this weekend on the FSCC campus. Some of the activities are a chuck wagon meal, pie baking contest, silent auction and open mic. Visitors can also browse the trade show at no charge.