Stories from Friday, April 3, 2015

Betty Ellen "Babe" Whipple, age 90, a resident of Rose Hill, Kan., died Sunday, March 29, 2015, at the Kansas Medical Center in Andover, Kan. She was born January 12, 1925, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Enf Harris and Carrie Hayden Harris. She was married Clifford Raymond Whipple. During the war years, she had worked as a riveter. Since her husband was a career military man, Betty made her home at various military posts around the United States and overseas...

Ida Louise Meyer, age 94, a former resident of Fort Scott and more recently of Springfield, Mo., died late Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at the Manor at Elfindale in Springfield. Funeral services for Ida Meyer will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott...

Construction workers Richard Brannon, left, and Scott Moore, both of Kansas City, Mo., unload structural steel Wednesday to be used for construction of the new Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes building at the corner of Wall and Main streets in downtown Fort Scott. They are employees of HCH Construction, Kansas City, Mo. Brannon said it will take three weeks to put up the steel structure...

Note: This is the second of three-part series. The basis for the need for a new county jail is a matter of meeting codes and regulations rather than maintenance and cosmetic issues, according to Larry Goldberg, president Goldberg Group Architects PC of St. Joseph, Mo...

Fort Scott Community College's softball team broke a 14-game conference losing streak dating back to last season when it beat KCK 3-0 in the opener of a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Tuesday. But the Blue Devils came back to win the second game, 7-1...

YATES CENTER -- Uniontown baseball picked up a pair of victories, sweeping Yates Center Tuesday. The sweep pulled the Eagles even for the season at 2-2. The Eagles had to rally to win a 19-18 squeaker in the opener but the second game was much different, with Uniontown prevailing 20-6...

Raifen Cruse finished unbeaten in No. 2 singles Tuesday as Fort Scott High School hosted a four-team round-robin varsity tournament. Nevada was the team champion with 9 points followed by Coffeyville with 6. Fort Scott and Pittsburg tied for third place with 5 points each but the Tigers won a tie-breaker with more total games won, 29-19...

Uta Ruth Natter, 52, of Fort Scott, passed away Friday, March 27, 2015 at St. Lukes Medical Center on the Plaza in Kansas City, Mo. She was born Feb. 6, 1963 in Schweinfurt, Germany the daughter of Horst and Gabriela Khrista (Six) Natter. Uta was the kindest, sweetest soul with the greatest heart and energy for life. ...

Ida Louise Meyer, age 94, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of Springfield, Mo., died Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at the Manor at Elfindale in Springfield. She was born Dec. 2, 1920, in Redfield, Kan., the daughter of Will Russell and Grace McKinnis Russell. ...

Wanda L. Higgins, 80, of Lee's Summit, Mo., passed away April 1, 2015 in Mesa, Ariz. Wanda was born on Feb. 2, 1935 in Bayard, Kan., the daughter of Jesse and Irma (Shoemaker) Riggs. Wanda married Ervin W. Higgins on Aug. 7, 1953. Wanda and Erv shared 61 wonderful years together. ...

Kathy Elaine Campbell, age 62, of Parsons, Kan., formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2015, in Parsons. She was born Aug. 9, 1952, in Wichita, Kan. Kathy was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Fort Scott. Kathy worked at Tri Valley prior to moving to Parsons. Kathy loves watching sports on TV and loves playing baseball...