Stories from Friday, March 13, 2015

Bourbon County emergency personnel and rural firefighters had their hands full with an out-of-control grass fire that spread to a group of oil tanks in the area Thursday night. Bourbon County Emergency Manager Will Wallis said several rural fire agencies responded to the blaze, which broke out in an area just south of 135th Street and Soldier Road. ...

Workers welding inside steel tanks were reportedly exposed to toxic fumes because their employer lacked an effective program to protect them, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration following an inspection of the Fort Scott facility by OSHA...

The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees unanimously made their final selection for the new college president during a special meeting held Thursday afternoon. Alysia Johnston of Coffeyville is expected to begin her duties at FSCC June 1. "We are going to ask her to be here by phone, by teleconferencing, and in person as often as possible between now and then," Board Chairman Mark McCoy said...

Marjorie Maxine Judy, age 83, a resident of rural Redfield, died Thursday, March 12 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. Funeral services for Marjorie Judy will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott...

Palmer, Alaska, resident, Robert Lee Tate, 72, formerly of Mexico, Mo., and Fort Scott, Kan., passed away in Anchorage, Alaska, on Jan. 28, 2015. Funeral Services were held on Feb. 4, 2015 at the Skyline Family Fellowship at 18239 N. Eagle River Loop Rd, Eagle River, Alaska. His children will spread his ashes in a private ceremony at a later date...

SALINA -- Fort Scott High School basketball doesn't come to State tournaments looking to make a good showing, no matter how it's seeded. The goal each season is to win the whole thing. Wednesday afternoon, the sixth-seeded Tigers were within one point with two minutes to go before Ottawa's Tyler Smith scored consecutive layups in a 16-second span, helping lead the Cyclones to a 53-44 victory in the first round of the Class 4A-Division I State Basketball Tournament at the Bicentennial Center here.. ...