Stories from Tuesday, November 3, 2015

The Scott Township Fire Department dealt with a vehicle and grass fire in the area of 240th Street and Limestone Road late Monday morning. About 11:30 a.m., rural firefighters responded to a blaze that started when a vehicle caught fire on 240th and spread into a nearby field, burning its way east as firefighters attempted to douse the flames...

For most of the last 40 years, the Fort Scott Mens' Kiwanis organization has been helping to keep the tree population in Fort Scott up at a suitable level. "We've been planting probably more than 40 years," Kiwanis member Ralph Carlson said. "We took a sabbatical for a few years, but we've been doing this since the 70s."...

Uniontown is ready for a rare opportunity to host a playoff game tonight when Central-Burden comes to town for an Eight-Man Division I Bi-District Playoff Game. Action begins at 6 p.m. -- one hour earlier than usual -- at the UHS stadium. The Eagles (9-0) will be hosting a playoff game for the first time since November of 2006, when Uniontown defeated Howard-West Elk, 48-30, in the Bi-District round of the Class 2-1A playoffs. ...

Fort Scott Community College's first-round playoff match versus Highland will take place as a part of the Region VI District M Tournament Saturday at Johnson County Community College at Overland Park. The match will begin at around noon, following the match between No. 1 seed Johnson County (30-6) and No. 8 Neosho County (24-13) at 10 a.m...

ARKANSAS CITY --Fort Scott Community College's men opened the season at the Cowley Classic here over the weekend, dropping both games. The Greyhounds lost to Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa on Friday, 57-46, and host Cowley, 85-72, on Saturday. The 'Hounds shot just 29 percent from the floor in Friday's loss, making 16 of 55 field-goal attempts. They also got to the free-throw line just 9 times, making 5...

OVERLAND PARK --Fort Scott Community College's women opened their season with a split at the Johnson County Classic here over the weekend. On Saturday, Southeastern (Iowa) took a 69-61 victory over the Greyhounds. Kayleigh Haggard scored 26 points for Fort Scott as she made 9 of 11 shots from the field, including 3 of 4 3-point shots. Kamiron Luptak added 14 points and Jordyn Danzer chipped in with 10...

WAMEGO -- Fort Scott High School senior Cassidy Westhoff finished as the runner-up in the Kansas Class 4A State Cross-Country Championship race here Saturday while the girls' team took seventh place and the lone boys' runner, Devin Brooks, finished 34th in his first State meet...

Don Joel Cox, age 71, resident of Bronson, Kan., died Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, at his home. Private burial will take place Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the U.S. National Cemetery, Fort Scott. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St...

Betty Lee Key Golladay Milburn, 91, formerly of Fort Scott, walked on to the greens in heaven on Nov. 2, 2015 at the Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, Kan., after a year-long battle with cancer. Betty Lee Key was born Oct. 24, 1924 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Frank Lewis and Daisy Lee (Phillips) Key. ...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Iowa Western, tied for 10th in the NJCAA Football Poll, rolled by Fort Scott Community College, 43-14, here Saturday in the season finale for the Greyhounds. Fort Scott finished the season with a 2-8 record. Iowa Western improved to 8-2 after winning for the eighth consecutive week. The Reviers' losses were to nationally-ranked Coffeyville and Butler in the first two weeks of the season...