Stories from Wednesday, September 9, 2015

In preparation for planning 2016 road projects, Public Works Director Jim Harris provided Bourbon County Commissioners with a traffic count report. "As you can see, 230th Street has a lot more than I expected -- 285 cars a day," Harris said. The list also showed how many miles the county had completed on its hard-surface road plan. The county completed 12 miles in 2014 and about six miles in 2015...

Area artists will get the limelight during a Friday event organized by the Bourbon County Arts Council. The third annual Downtown Art Walk, set to take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday on the patio of the Liberty Theatre, 113 S. Main St., is designed to give artists a chance to show off their talents and work, as well as give the public a chance to connect with these artists, organizers said...

Dorothy J. Spillman, age 93, formerly of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015 at the Life Care Center in Osawatomie, Kan. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. ...

James Edgar Mitchell, age 65, Amoret, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 at the Pleasanton First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Wanda Jean (Ridge) Clay, age 70, passed away Sunday, Sept. 6,2015 at Diversicare in Chanute, Kan. There will be a memorial service held on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Faith Assembly of God Church in Humboldt, Kan. Visitation is from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. ...

Alice Yvonne Vinze, age 83, resident of Girard, Kan., died Saturday, Sept. 05, 2015, at her home. She was born Jan. 15, 1932, the daughter of Walter Roy Lucas, Sr. and Elsie Alice Nickelson Lucas. She worked most of her life in the claims department for Western Insurance and later American States Insurance companies in Fort Scott. ...

Bob W. Daly, age 85, a resident of Fort Scott, died Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born Dec. 18, 1929, in Fort Scott, the son of Cleve Daly and Opal Robinson Daly. He married Winnie Leek on Nov. ...

Fort Scott High School's home soccer match versus Olathe Heritage Christian as well as its only scheduled home varsity girls' golf tournament were both postponed as a result of Tuesday's rain. Uniontown's girls' golf team was scheduled to play in Fort Scott's tournament...

Fort Scott High also defeats Anderson County in triangular

The first quarter of Saturday night's Jayhawk Conference football game between No. 4 Hutchinson and Fort Scott Community College at Frary Field was competitive for one quarter. At halftime, the Greyhounds had a chance to get back into things despite a two-touchdown deficit and about midway through the third quarter they looked as though they had a shot to mount a comeback and make things very interesting...