Stories from Friday, January 23, 2015

Mary Katherine (Land) Turley, 93, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Jan. 3, 2015, at Medicalodge in Fort Scott, Kan. A Celebration of Life will be held for Mary K at Cavalry Crossing, 201 West 23rd, Fort Scott, Kan., on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015 under the direction of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home. ...

Anita June Ayre, 75, of Redfield, Kan., passed away Wednesday morning, Jan. 21, 2015 at Fort Scott Manor. She was born June 30, 1939 in Bronson, Kan., the daughter of Earl Kenneth and Frances Mary (McGuire) Robinson. She married Donald D. Ayre Dec. 8, 1962 in Denver, Colo., and he survives of his home...

Growing up, Nola Burgess had hands-on experience of living on a farm. As an adult, she gained hands-on experience working with federal government requirements. The combination of those experiences is helping her lead the Bourbon County office of the FSA/USDA...

A project is in the works that would address what city officials have said are longtime concerns with access to the Fort Scott Industrial Park. City Manager Dave Martin informed the Fort Scott City Commission Tuesday of what he called "good news" regarding access improvements at the industrial park. ...

d Chad Cross, Fort Scott Community College rodeo coach, is hopeful the journey to a new rodeo facility will soon end. So hopeful in fact, his rodeo team currently meets at the new rodeo facility, even though there is no heat or interior walls completed yet...

COLUMBUS -- Fort Scott High School's wrestling team split a triangular here Tuesday night, beating Iola 66-6 and losing to Columbus 51-22. There was only one match held in the Iola dual as the Mustangs brought just one varsity wrestler. Fort Scott picked up 11 forfeits. Iola's Andrew Garber pinned Fort Scott's Hector Torres at 182 pounds. Garber also won an exhibition/junior varsity match over Ben Daniels by pin...

Long scoring runs in each half helped visiting Neosho County roll by Fort Scott Community College's men, 83-57, in a game between Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division opponents at Arnold Arena Wednesday night. The game doesn't count in the standings due to Neosho County's probationary status. Even so, the Greyhounds (7-11) fell for the seventh time in their last eight games after shooting only 15 percent from the field in the first half...

Fort Scott Community College's women took control of Wednesday night's contest at Arnold Arena late in the first half. The momentum continued early in the second half of a 60-35 win over Neosho County in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play. The Greyhounds (1-4 East, 10-10 overall) held the Panthers to 17-percent field-goal shooting on the night as they broke a four-game losing streak overall, winning for the first time this calendar year while handing Neosho (0-4, 9-11) it's fifth straight defeat.. ...

PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's boys defeated host Pleasanton here Thursday night to finished first in Pool B at the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament. The Eagles' 58-43 victory put them ahead of Pleasanton in the pool and will place them in tonight's 8 p.m. championship game against Humboldt, which clinched Pool A on Tuesday night and has not played since...

FRONTENAC -- Fort Scott High's boys rallied from yet another early deficit Thursday night as the Cardiac Tigers defeated fourth- seeded Winfield, 71-50, in the first round of the Frontenac Kansas Army National Guard Tournament here Thursday night. Fort Scott's girls fell to top-seeded Oklahoma City-Classen in the nightcap, 77-42, as sophomore Taylor Roberts scored 51 points...