Stories from Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Fort Scott's Dave Regan Stadium will host the Kansas Babe Ruth Baseball District 5 Tournament beginning Wednesday with the local team drawing a bye until Thursday. The six-team, double-elimination tournament will be held through Sunday. There will be two games each day except Saturday, when there will be three...

Former Fort Scott Community College All-American defensive back Kevin Short signed a rookie free-agent contract with the Kansas City Chiefs Thursday after each of the National Football League's 30 teams took a pass on him in the 2015 Supplemental Draft...

The persons in charge of the JCGridiron.com junior college football poll have deemed Fort Scott Community College worthy of inclusion in their 2015 pre-season "Dirty 30" poll, released July 5. The JCGridiron poll differs from the one issued by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) in that it includes schools in California, none of which are NJCAA members. ...

Joann Hays, age 72, resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, July 13, 2015, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan. Funeral arrangements for Joann Hays will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott.

Dorothy Violet Waldmer, 88, formerly of Mound City, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at the Ozark Methodist Manor in Marionville, Mo. Visitation will be held Tuesday, July 14, 2015 from 10 to 11 a.m. at Schneider Funeral Home & Crematory, Mound City Chapel. ...

D. Keith Johnson, age 68, of Columbus, Kan., went to meet his Heavenly Father on Saturday July 11, 2015 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Keith was born on Aug. 11, 1946 to Menford D (Joe) Johnson and Gloria Leonhardt. Born and raised in Fort Scott, Kan., he graduated from Fort Scott High School. ...

Bronson City Clerk Ellen Harper and a representative from the Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission have been preparing an application for a Housing Rehabilitation Grant for the city of Bronson. "We went around and took pictures of the houses that had submitted pre-applications," Harper said. "Which (SEK Regional Planning) had to do to put in the grant, and...look over what might need done on them."...

USD 234 officials face some challenges and uncertainties as they plan the district's budget for the 2015-16 school year. During the USD 234 Board of Education meeting Monday, Superintendent Bob Beckham informed board members about a recent budget workshop given by representatives of the Kansas State Department of Education. ...

More than 40 emergency responders from area fire and police departments, as well as EMS from Mercy Hospital Fort Scott, are stationed at the train yard on Wall Street during an emergency response exercise held Saturday. Responders were also located in other areas in Fort Scott during the exercise, which involved the simulation of a tanker truck carrying hazardous material colliding with a train. The exercise was coordinated by Bourbon County Emergency Management...