Stories from Saturday, May 16, 2015

MOUND CITY -- Shalina Harper and Zach Schwlam are Three Rivers League champions in their events as Uniontown participated in the TRL Relays here Thursday. Harper won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:34.04, coming in a bit over two seconds faster than Marmaton Valley's Kyla Drake. She also won third-place medals in the 1,600 meters in 5:58 and the javelin with a mark of 92 feet, 2 inches...

PITTSBURG -- Distance runners were responsible for three of the four individual titles Fort Scott High athetes won at the Southeast Kansas League Relays here Thursday. Junior Cassidy Westhoff won her specialties, the 1,600 and 3,200 meters, while classmate Josh Hudiburg won javelin and sophomore Devin Brooks won the boys' 3,200 meters...

Two new Uniontown City Council members were sworn in Tuesday evening during the monthly meeting. Josh Hartman and Lucille Ward are the new faces to the council. Hartman was a write-in candidate in April's election along with former councilman Dustin Goalden. Goalden declined when asked to serve again. Ward was asked to join the council, following her expressed interest in serving...

During an open house held Friday, Bourbon County Register of Deeds Lora Holdridge, center, points to new decor in her recently renovated office that moved from the second to the first floor of the courthouse. Also pictured are office employees Maxine Simhiser, left, and Crystal Zimmerman. ...

The suspect in a murder case involving the death of a 6-month-old boy in late April made his first appearance in Bourbon County District Court Friday afternoon. Bourbon County District Magistrate Judge Valorie Leblanc presided over a brief hearing in the case of 21-year-old Anthony M. ...

John Scott Sr., long time resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday May 12, 2015 of natural causes. With his passing we lost our best friend, husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and all around good guy. John was a friend to everyone, not only his neighbors and acquaintances, but everyone. ...

Phyllis R. West, 84, of Lenexa, passed away May 13, 2015. A memorial service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, June 6, at Lakeview Village-Southridge-Treetop Activity Room 5th Floor, 14001 W. 92nd Street, Lenexa, Kan. A private inurnment will be held in July at Fort Scott National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to the Lakeview Village Foundation...

Doris Louise Brown, age 90, a former resident of Fort Scott and Wichita and more recently of Mesa, Ariz., died Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Mesa. She was born Dec. 16, 1924, in Garland, Kan., the daughter of Joseph Overbeck and Elizabeth "Lizzy" Sullivan Overbeck. ...