Stories from Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Crystal Thompson Pruitt, age 40, passed away early Tuesday morning, Aug. 12, 2014, at her home in San Diego, Calif. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18, in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Olson Frary Burkhart Post No. 1165 V.F.W. Services are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Beatrice Marie (West) Foster, age 92, passed away on Monday, Aug. 11, 2014 at the Residencies of Pleasanton. Funeral Services will be Thursday, Aug. 14 at 10 a.m. at the Schneider Funeral Home Chapel in Mound City. Visitation will take place from 9 a.m. ...

Gary Eugene Hall, age 62, resident of Parsons, Kan., formerly of Grove, Okla., died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Mo. He was born Jan. 21, 1952, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Dorwin and Donna Jacquinot Hall. He worked as a conductor for the Union Pacific Railroad. Gary enjoyed fishing, hunting and riding motorcycles...

USD 235 Board of Education members are finished grappling over whether the school should start a wrestling program for students. They believe there is enough community support to begin the program for the 2014-15 school year. Willie Hathaway and Shanna Eck came for further wrestling program discussion from the board and Athletic Director Jim Mason after attending last months board meeting. They are in favor of adding a wrestling program to the school's offerings...

An arraignment and plea hearing scheduled Tuesday for a former Bourbon County Clerk's Office employee has been rescheduled for 9:45 a.m. Aug. 21. Angela Timi, 28, of Fort Scott was arrested Feb. 27 on multiple charges of criminal use of a financial card, forgery, making false information, misuse of public funds and theft by deception...

After several delays, a memorandum of understanding and interlocal agreement concerning the proposed LaRoche Baseball Complex has been finalized. The USD 234 Board of Education approved documents regarding maintenance, use and operation of the facility during their regular meeting Monday. The board approval comes on the heels of recent approval of the agreements by the city of Fort Scott and the Fort Scott Recreation Commission...

Christian Tavernaro, who is on the field crew for the Fort Scott Recreation Department, pulls up second base as he works on the infield at Third Street Park Tuesday afternoon.