Stories from Tuesday, June 2, 2015

The Fort Scott City Commission approved various items during their regular Tuesday meeting. Among things commissioners approved were a wrecker rotation policy for the city; an agreement with Professional Engineering Consultants for design and construction engineering services on the Safe Routes to School project; and a supplemental agreement No. 2 concerning preliminary engineering design services for the proposed U.S. Highway 69 expansion and widening project...

Tyler Allen Mentoring: 50 hours, basketball letter, All-State Choir member, district choir member, regional and state choir member-superior rating, choir letter. Karah Beerbower Mentoring: 42 hours. Megan Blythe Honor roll, volleyball participant, Scholastic Achievement-English 11, outstanding history student, outstanding junior artist, Art Club member, National Art Honor Society member, Missouri Western State University-artistic excellence, Cleveland Institute of Art-honorable mention for 2D3D Contest, Wellsville Art Show-artistic excellence, TRL Art Show Overall School Champion member, TRL Art Show-second place oil pastel and honorable mention in crafts, artwork published in fall and spring edition of Celebrating Art Book, Labette Community College-second place in mixed media, band letter, state large group band member-excellent rating. ...

Two players from Fort Scott Community College's softball team were recently honored with spots on the All-Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division team. Sophomore pitcher Kaylee Bart was chosen to the First Team for the Greyhounds. She had an 11-10 record this season with a 2.97 earned-run average. She walked 44 and struck out 131 batters in 146 1/3 innings this season...

Three members of Uniontown's softball team were honored with spots on the All-Three Rivers League Softball team. Tyeesha Perry, Holly Shinn and Taylor Cooper earned the honors for the Eagles. Perry, a senior, and Shinn, a sophomore, were both named to the First Team, which has 18 members. Unanimous choices were Oswego juniors Tiffany and Aimee Wimp, Jayhawk-Linn juniors Lauren Sluder and Sydney Dent and sophomore Brianna Francis, and St. Paul junior Holly Hutcherson...

As is league policy for every sport, the All-Southeast Kansas League baseball team was released Monday, the day after Fort Scott High's baseball team was the last league team to be eliminated from post-season play. The Tigers (17-5), who were the only league school to qualify for a State tournament, saw four members picked to the First Team as did fellow tri-champions Labette County and Pittsburg. Each tri-champ also had two players picked for the Second Team...

\Giulia Bertea Volleyball participant, basketball varsity letter award; basketball sportsmanship award; track participant; honor roll Scholastic achievement in English 12 and precalculus. Math contests at Louisburg High School (HS): analytic geometry 12, probability calculus team 12. ...

Dennis Ray Mitchell, Sr., age 59, a resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, died Monday, June 1, 2015, at his home. He was born February 22, 1956, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Troy Eugene Mitchell and Ruby Kathyrn Venable Mitchell. Dennis married Clara Gillette. They divorced after thirty-eight years of marriage. Dennis had served with the United States Army and had earned a degree in business administration and accounting...

Nakesha Young and Avery Allen Johnson of Fort Scott announce the birth of their son, Kaesyn Allen Johnson, at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 30, 2015 at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. He weighed 9 pounds, 6.2 ounces and measured 22 inches at birth.

Maggie and Abbey Vogts, sisters from Erie, will bring their musical talents to the stage during the Good Ol' Days street festival Saturday evening. The popular sister duo, who have performed in Fort Scott several times, will perform on their "My Own Dixie" tour from 4 to 7 p.m. at the First Street stage during the festival. The duo recently released their first all-original album, "My Own Dixie," recorded at the Hall of Fame Music Studio in Neodesha, according to a news release...

Local historian Arnold Schofield was called into the Bourbon County Commission room to answer questions regarding the 1921 Thompson sub-machine gun that Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin is thinking about selling. Bourbon County Commission Chairwoman Barbara Albright received a call from a local television reporter during the meeting regarding the gun, and Commissioner Harold Coleman noticed that Schofield was on the second floor of the courthouse for other business...

Editor's Note: This version has been corrected to include a name that was inadvertently omitted when originally published. The Tribune regrets the error.