Stories from Saturday, July 25, 2015

Alice Marie Gilkey, age 82, of Nevada, Mo., passed from this life at 3:34 p.m. Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Barone Alzheimer's Care Center in Nevada. A memorial service for Alice Marie Gilkey is scheduled 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at Christ Lutheran Church, 6700 NW 72nd St., Platte Woods, Mo., 64151. Following the service her cremains will be scattered in the "Memorial Garden" at the church...

George Marvin Cheatham, 96, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away in Tulsa, Okla., Monday, July 20, 2015. George was born on Dec. 11, 1918 in Lupus, Mo., to George Marvin Cheatham and Eula Edwards Cheatham. The family moved to Valley Falls, Kan., where George graduated from high school. ...

Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees on Monday saw the proposed 2016 budget, which includes a plan to compensate for a drop in revenues. Revenues at Fort Scott Community College are down 6 percent. Julie Eichenberger, dean of finance and operations, reported there is a 6 percent reduction in revenues...

The city of Fort Scott has been awarded a grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce for an approximately $250,000 project to build new sidewalks along a portion of Wall Street. City officials learned earlier this week that the city has been awarded grant funds which will go toward installation of new sidewalks and other improvements on the south side of Wall Street from Margrave to Steen streets. ...

About 30 people attended the three-act dramatic play centered around the long-anticipated meeting of foes. The two generals met on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House in Virginia to discuss terms of Lee's surrender, and again on April 10 to sign the documents which ended the fighting between their two armies...

After a week of serious fair competition, participants race toward a bucket filled with water and whiffle balls during a game that was part of the Barnyard Olympics Friday afternoon at the Bourbon County Fair. The game involved contestants using spoons to fish the balls out of the water, then racing back to their team with a goal of collecting the most balls for their team. The fair concludes today with the garden tractor pull at 6 p.m...