Stories from Friday, November 6, 2015

Julie Reach, age 55, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Thursday, Nov. 4, 2015 at the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Mo. Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday, Nov. 7 at 11 a.m. at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. ...

Note: This is the first in a series. While many people may think of Middle Easterners as Muslims, there are many in those countries who are turning to the Christian faith, thanks to work being done by a television satellite network. A former Fort Scott pastor is playing a key role in that network and in September, a handful of his parishioners met to learn how Rev. Mansour Khajehpour is serving a broader parish...

An artistic piece of Scottish Rite history in Fort Scott will soon have a new home. A Minnesota-based company has purchased 80 scenic backdrops that have been housed in the former Scottish Rite Temple building located at 110 S. Main St., for decades. ...

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott Community College's basketball teams were swept by Independence here Wednesday night in non-conference games between the former Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division rivals. Independence's women took a 68-51 victory over the Greyhounds, building a 24-11 lead after one quarter and making it hold up...

Two members of Fort Scott High School's soccer team earned spots on the All-Southeast Kansas League Second Team when results were released Wednesday following Pittsburg's eliminaton from the Class 5A Playoffs. The league champion Dragons (16-3), who lost 1-0 to Blue Valley Southwest Tuesday in a Class 5A Quarterfinal, had six players named to the First Team while runner-up Coffeyville (9-8) had three and third-place Independence (9-8) had two...

Fort Scott High School's football team is set to visit a potentially dangerous Eudora team tonight as the Class 4A-Division I Playoffs kickoff tonight at 7 p.m. in Eudora. The Cardinals have won six straight games since losing the first three of the season to Bonner Springs, Louisburg and Paola. Bonner missed the playoffs despite going 7-2 because it was in a tough district. Louisburg and Paola both made the Class 4A-Division I Playoffs. Those three losses came by two scores or less...