Stories from Saturday, October 24, 2015

PLEASANTON -- Uniontown concluded Three Rivers League play with a 6-0 record after the Eagles routed Pleasanton, 52-6, in an Eight-Man I District 1 contest here Friday night. The Eagles (4-0 District, 6-0 TRL, 8-0 overall) clinched the league title when they beat St. Paul two weeks ago and took control in the district when they downed Marias des Cygnes Valley last week. This win clinched the district championship and a first-round home playoff game...

ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High's football team was able to hold off a rally by Labette County here Friday night and remain unbeaten in Class 4A-Division I District 4 play. The Grizzlies scored 12 points in less than three minutes in the fourth quarter of this game that also counted in Southeast Kansas League standings, getting within 28-25 with 5:40 to go...

Lenora K. King, 72, of Marshall, Mo., died Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at her home. Private family inurnment will be at a later date at Oak Grove Cemetery in Fort Scott, Kan. Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association and an online guestbook is available at www.campbell-lewis.com...

A local man was taken into custody Wednesday by the Fort Scott Police Department. An arrest report from the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office said 83-year-old Danny Ellis was arrested at 2:19 p.m. Wednesday by the FSPD on a warrant charging him with forced aggravated sexual battery, a felony charge...

Dr. Dennison Hamilton spoke Tuesday afternoon at the Mercy Lunch and Learn series on chronic pain management. "I am primarily a musculoskeletal intervention pain physician," Hamilton said. He treats people with spinal disorders, neck pain, low back pain, and some of the smaller joints such as hips, knees, elbows...