Stories from Friday, December 11, 2015

The effect of warmer than normal temperatures in November and December is being felt financially at the City of Uniontown. "We are not making money on gas compared to last year," Christine Middleton, Uniontown city treasurer said. Middleton gave her monthly financial report to the city council Tuesday night...

County employees will be able to carry over unused vacation time into 2016. On Tuesday, Bourbon County Commissioners passed a resolution to allow unused vacation be carried over until March 31. Any unused vacation not taken by that date will be lost...

Two elementary schools in the county held special programs for the Christmas season this week.

IOLA -- Fort Scott Middle School's basketball teams won three of four games here Tuesday. The seventh-grade "B" Team won the opener over Iola, 30-12. Addi Williams scored 8 points to lead the Tigers. The seventh-grade "A" Team took a 39-14 win over the Ponies. Ella Beth led the Tigers with 19 points and also had 5 steals. Sami Bradbury added 13 points. Ashanti Green and Austin Sinn each had 6 rebounds...

HUMBOLDT -- Both Uniontown High School basketball squads faced Erie here Thursday night in the Humboldt Tournament. Both were winners to even their records in the tournament at 1-1. Garrett Elder led Uniontown's boys with 19 points as the Eagles (2-1) held off Erie, 45-44. The Eagles won despite being outscored in the fourth quarter, 21-18...

Ashley Cook's school record, and some of her other scoring totals, have been revised as a result of numbers sent to the Tribune Wednesday by Fort Scott High School head coach Pechone Stepps. Cook was reported as scoring a school-record 39 points in Friday's victory over Willard, Mo. However, Fort Scott's official book showed she finished the game with 41 points, making her the first female to score 40 points in school history...

Fort Scott Community ColleFort Scott Community College's women played well versus Iowa Western, ranked No. 15 in NJCAA Division I, for the first quarter of Thursday night's non-conference basketball game at Arnold Arena. But the Reivers, built for dominance in Division I, dominated the remainder of the contest and went on to a 92-52 victory over the Greyhounds...

Novalene Nichols, 75, Overland Park, Kan., passed away Dec. 3, 2015. Services will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 7 at Charter Funerals, 10250 W. 63rd St., Merriam, Kan., with visitation beginning at 10 a.m.

Frank Makemson, St. Paul, KS formerly of Linn County, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. The funeral service is at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Ronald Ray Parson, age 50, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, at the Fort Scott Medicalodges. He was born May 15, 1965, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of William A. Parsons and Mary E. King-Hanners Parsons. Ron had worked as a juvenile detention officer, a security guard, a truck driver and a fireman/paramedic...

Graveside services for Maxine Schwemmer, 87, of Lawrence, Kan., will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 11, 2015 at Fort Scott National Cemetery in Fort Scott, Kan. She died Dec. 4, 2015 at her home. Maxine was born Feb. 4, 1928 in Hiattville, Kan., the daughter of Andrew and Cleta (Barker) Hobbs. ...

Mildred Kathryn Durham, age 102, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, at Guest Home Estates. She was born July 3, 1913, in St. Louis, Mo., the daughter of Charles C. and Bertha Mae Franklin Latham. She graduated from Bonner Springs High School in 1931. ...