Stories from Friday, January 22, 2016

FSHS girls fall even as Cook passes 1,000-point mark

Fort Scott women win third straight

Uniontown High School Homecoming will be Friday, Feb. 5 against Marmaton Valley High School.

Learning how to conduct controlled pasture burns safely will be the focus of an educational workshop next month in Fort Scott. The Southwind District K-State Research and Extension office, the National Park Service and the Great Plains Fire Science Exchange will host a pasture burning workshop at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9 in the Grand Hall of Fort Scott National Historic Site, 1 Old Fort Blvd...

The morning sun creates a sparkle on ice and snow-covered vegetation Friday morning in Uniontown. A brief snow shower Thursday night dusted the ice that had fallen throughout the week. The next round of precipitation isn't expected until Monday.

Lottie B. Martin, age 88, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. Services for Lottie Martin will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Gay Eloise Post, age 83, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, at the Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. Evangelist Jason Shackleford will conduct funeral services at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the Mapleton Cemetery. ...

Joseph James "Joe" Price, age 77, resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, at his home. He was born on Jan. 7, 1939, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of Walt and Dorothy Phillips Price. He served in the United States Navy from 1956 until 1962 aboard the USS Laws and USS Roanoke. ...

Margaret Mary More, age 86, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, at her home. She was born on July 15, 1929, in Garland, Kan., the daughter of Vernie and Ethel Scratcher Totman. She graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1948. ...