Stories from Wednesday, April 22, 2015

William Joseph "Bill" Morrisey, age 64, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Monday, April 20, 2015 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 24, 2015 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. ...

Fort Scott High School hosted a junior varsity tennis tournament Monday with no team scores kept. Micah Self was 2-2 in No. 1 singles. He lost to Christian Baldwin of Parsons, 6-1, and Chase Tucker of Independence, 6-4. He defeated Delvert Vanderpool of Pittsburg, 6-0, and Jack Waring of Pittsburg, 6-2...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown and Marmaton Valley split a high-scoring Three Rivers League doubleheader here Monday. The visitors won the opener 20-17 with while the Eagles won the nightcap 10-0. Marmaton Valley rallied in the opener, scoring 10 runs in the top of the seventh inning...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team played its first home games of the season Monday as the Eagles swept Marmaton Valley, 19-6 and 16-1, in a Three Rivers League doubleheader. Playing for the first time in two weeks, the Eagles (3-1 TRL, 3-3 overall) had seven players with 2 hits each in the opener: Holly Shinn, Taylor Cooper, Tyeesha Perry, Kyley Brown, Daryan Herring and Mackenzie Woods...

CHANUTE --Neosho County took both games of a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division twinbill from Fort Scott Community College here Monday by scores of 11-1 and 10-8. The first game lasted just five innings due to the 10-run rule. Trey Hair had 2 of Fort Scott's 7 hits. The Greyhounds' only run scored in the top of the first inning when Jedd Andrade came in on a groundout...

The Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday authorized the purchases of a new storage building and replacement vehicles for two departments. Public Works Director Jim Harris reminded commissioners he spoke with them a year ago about erecting a salt storage bin in order to buy larger quantity, earlier in the year or in increments when there would be a good price break. ...

Matt and Katie Wells dance the Crystal Schottische to entertain the Friends of the National Historic Site Tuesday night. The night also included remarks from Reed Hartford, president; Betty Boyko, superintendent of FSNHS; Jim Loach, associate regional director of operations and education for the National Park Service; Gary Hawk, the guest of honor; and members of the audience in support of Hawk...

A former commissioner was welcomed back and a current commissioner was chosen once again to serve as mayor during Tuesday's meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission. The commission conducted its annual reorganization, which included election of mayor, commission president, representative for the Bourbon County Economic Development Council, and delegate for the Fort Scott Housing Authority...