Stories from Friday, May 1, 2015

William "Buck" Reinhold Fischer, 67, of Kensington, Kan., passed away at 9:41 p.m. Saturday, April 25, 2015, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kan. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2, 2015, at the Smith Funeral Home and Chapel in Hannibal, Mo. Bro. Justin Mosher will officiate. Burial will follow in the Grand View Burial Park...

The Uniontown City Council met Tuesday evening in a special meeting to discuss several upcoming capital improvement projects: storm shelters, sidewalks, ballpark lights, gas line renovation and a fishing dock at the city pond. Storm shelters The council approved applying for three storm shelters for the community. ...

Dads and stand-in dads enjoy donuts with Kelli Woodring's Winfield Scott Elementary School Kindergartner Wednesday morning. Dudes, Donuts and Dodgeball is held annually to allow students to connect with a positive role model and to have fun, according to Woodring. Kindergarten students of Sabrina Terry also host the event. The students played dodgeball, learned how to rope, viewed a race car, along with eating the donuts...

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball program has announced summer camp dates that it will hosting at Arnold Arena June 23 and 24. A third-through-sixth grade all-skills camp will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon on June 23. This camp will focus on fundamental skills: passing, hitting, setting and serving. The cost is $15 and all campers receive a free T-shirt...

Fort Scott High School's junior varsity track team won 17 medals and the team title at its home meet at Frary Field Tuesday evening. The Tigers scored 119 points to finish 7 ahead of runner-up Chanute. Nevada was third with 73 points followed by Paola with 68...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team fell in both games of a non-league doubleheader versus Erie at George Warren Field Tuesday, 13-0 and 17-1. The Eagles fell to 5-7 overall with the losses. They had only 2 hits in each game, one each by Tyeesha Perry and Breanna Hampton in the opener and one each from Holly Shinn and Taylor Cooper in the second...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's baseball team dropped both games in a non-league doubleheader versus Erie here Tuesday by scores of 10-1 and 19-2. The Eagles' lone run in the opener scored in the bottom of the fourth inning, when Cale Coyan scored on John Kuns' double. Kuns and Coyan were two of six players with a single hit. The others were J.P. Pearson, Jesse Kuns, Tanner Stewart and John Emmerson...

Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David hasn't forgotten the place where he says he "became a man" in a recent article he penned for the website, theplayerstribune.com. David played linebacker for Fort Scott Community College in 2008-09, helping lead the Greyhounds to the Citizens Bank Bowl, which was that year's NJCAA National Championship Game. The 'Hounds fell to Blinn, which was led by current Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, in the final moments of that game...

Fort Scott Community College's baseball team played one last game to end the season at Lions Park Wednesday afternoon, falling to Crowder College 8-5 in 10 innings. The Greyhounds finished the regular season with a record of 28-27. They'll play at Hutchinson this weekend in the first round of the Region VI Tournament. The first two games will be played Saturday at 1 and 4 p.m. The third game, if it's needed, will be played Sunday at 1 p.m...

It was a tough night for Fort Scott High School softball as a first-game rally fell short and visiting Paola dominated the second game of a doubleheader at Don Hewett Field Thursday in their last home games of the season. The Tigers (13-4) fell in game one, 9-8, despite a 5-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning. The Panthers (13-3) scored 7 runs in the first inning of the second game and went on to win 13-3 in five innings...

Aiden James Osborn, 6 months, passed away late Tuesday night, April 28, 2015 at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. He was born Oct. 14, 2014 in Pittsburg, Kan., the son of Keira Dawn Lamb. In addition to his mother, Aiden is survived by grandmothers, Angela Gode and Marie Gode of Fort Scott; great-grandmother Patricia Cowan, also of Fort Scott; two aunts, Katelynn Cowan and Danielle Gode, both of Fort Scott, and a great uncle, Joseph Cowan III...

Joe Bailey, 87 of rural Fort Scott, died Thursday evening, April 30, 2015 at the Medicalodge Nursing Home. He was born March 20, 1928 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Cody and Lois Margaret (Simpson) Bailey. He married Margaret Lucille Johnston Jan. 29, 1950 in Garland, Kan., and she preceded him in death in February of 1992...

State Sen. Caryn Tyson was in Fort Scott last week, visiting with constituents and providing updates on the workings of the Kansas Legislature. In a wide-ranging talk to members of the Fort Scott Rotary Club, Tyson touched on recent legislation, taxation, education funding, the budget, and state spending...