Stories from Wednesday, November 12, 2014

About 235 people signed up for the Tigers on the Move Color Run held Saturday. Runners and walkers are seen making their way up and down Main Street, from Frary Field to Skubitz Plaza amid fall colored trees. The event was sponsored by USD 234 physical education teachers, who received a grant from Team Nutrition, Kansas State Department of Education to promote a healthy food activity. Donations also were accepted for The Beacon...

Sentencing has once again been rescheduled in the case of Angela Timi, a former Bourbon County Clerk's office employee who pleaded guilty in September to three counts she faced stemming from a 2012 incident involving theft from the county. During an arraignment and plea hearing Sept. ...

The Nov. 4 General Election officially ended Monday when the last of the ballots were canvassed and counted. The canvassing was held during the Bourbon County Commission meeting. Sitting on the canvass board were Second District Commissioner Barbara Albright, Third District Commissioner Harold Coleman and Bourbon County Treasurer Rhonda Dunn, sitting in for Commission Chairman Allen Warren, who recused himself from the canvass...

Veterans Day programs and ceremonies were held throughout Bourbon County, beginning Monday at Medicalodges. Tuesday's events began at 8:30 a.m. at Winfield Scott Elementary School, then at 9 a.m. at Uniontown High School, 11 a.m. at the U.S. National Cemetery, 1 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic School, 2:45 p.m. at Fort Scott Middle School and Eugene Ware Elementary School...

Berna Dee Bradley, age 68, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Nov. 9, 2014. Funeral service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 at the Blue Mound United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Wallace E. McGee, age 81, Ottawa, Kan., formerly of Kincaid, Kan., passed away on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. Funeral Service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14,2014 at the Wall Street Christian Church near Mound City, Kan. Burial will be in the Sunny Slope Cemetery. ...

Daryl A. Trogdon, 72 of Wichita, Kan., passed away Nov. 5, 2014 at Via Christi Hospital in Wichita. Graveside funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, 2014 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Butler, Mo., with Rev. Eldon Allen officiating. There will be no visitation. Contributions are suggested to the VFW in Wichita, Kan. Arrangements are under the direction of the Mullinax Funeral Home (660) 679-0009 in Butler, Mo. Messages of condolence for the family may be left at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com...

Delores Doherty, 92, of Fort Scott, passed away peacefully Tuesday Morning, Nov. 11, 2014 at the Fort Scott Manor. She was born on the Fourth of July, 1922 in Colton, S.D., the daughter of Andrew Tobias and Josephine (Haugse) Walker. She married Bernard John Doherty on May 10, 1941 in Sioux Falls, S.D. He preceded her in death April 7, 1983...

Donna Jeane Carson, 49, of Fort Scott, died Sunday morning, Nov. 9, 2014 at Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. She was born June 14, 1965 in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Charles Stephen and LaDonna Maxine (DeLaney) Foss. She married Paul David Carson Sept. 16, 1983 in Iola, Kan., and he survives of the home...

Rose Frances Byrnes, age 79, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born April 18, 1935, in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of Sylvester Henry Brenner and Florence Marie Coakley Brenner. ...

Fort Scott Community College's football season went out with a whimper Saturday afternoon as Northeastern Oklahoma A&M resumed its series with the Greyhounds right where it left off, taking a 49-7 victory in the season finale for both schools. NEO (5-6) claimed its 12th consecutive victory in the series, which had been idle since 2005. Fort Scott (4-7) has only two victories in the series in 23 meetings, which came in 1973 and 1975...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- One of the best seasons in Fort Scott Community College volleyball history came to an end here Saturday at the Region VI Division II District N Tournament. A sweep of the sixth seed, Hesston, in the tournament's second match ended an 8-match post-season losing streak that went back to 1995. ...

DODGE CITY -- Fort Scott Community College's men's basketball team performed a feat here Friday night that no Greyhound team had accomplished in more than 12 seasons when Dalton Rose's tip-in at the buzzer gave the Greyhounds a 74-73 victory over Barton on the first night of the Dodge City Classic...

Fort Scott Community College's women improved to 4-1 on the season, leading throughout in a 66-47 victory over the Ottawa University junior varsity in its home opener at Arnold Arena Tuesday night. There was one tie, very early on at 5-5. But the Greyhounds led by 11 points, 36-25, at the half and the margin over the length of the second half...