Stories from Tuesday, January 26, 2016

The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office is investigating a recent rash of residential burglaries and thefts in the county. Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin said Monday this recent series of burglaries and thefts has been reported "within the last two weeks." He said the crimes involve breaking into residences and stealing items from the home...

Neither of the two candidates interviewed for the USD 235 superintendent/secondary principal job have been selected to take the helm. Instead, Interim Superintendent/Secondary Principal Jan Hedges has agreed to remain in the USD 235 leadership role for another year, and the search for a permanent superintendent/principal will resume in the fall...

PLEASANTON -- Shalina Harper scored 32 points here Saturday afternoon as Uniontown's girls defeated Pleasanton, 49-46, in the fifth-place game of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament. Uniontown (6-6) outscored Pleasanton 24-9 in the second quarter, giving it a 33-32 lead. That was good enough to hold off the Blu-Jays (7-5), who outscored the Eagles 25-16 in the second half...

Highland, ranked No. 6 in NJCAA Division II, pulled away in the fourth quarter Saturday to take a 66-56 victory in what was the Jayhawk Conference-Division II opener for Fort Scott Community College's women. The Greyhounds (0-1 division, 11-10 overall) managed to get back to a tie at halftime, 27-27, after being down by 4 points at the end of the first quarter. But the Scotties (3-0, 20-1) outscored the 'Hounds 23-17 in the fourth quarter to put the game away...

PAOLA -- Tyler Gorman and Zarek Fewell won their weight classes at the Paola Invitational here Saturday, which proved in some weight classes to be as loaded as any tournament around. Gorman, a freshman, wrestled at 106 pounds and won his first individual title. He finished second at Bonner Springs the weekend following the holiday break...

Fort Scott Community College's men extended their winning streak to three games Saturday by beating Highland, 70-65, in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play. The Greyhounds (1-0 conference, 7-13 overall) held on to win their conference opener even though Highland (1-2, 11-10) outscored them 38-32 in the second half...

FRONTENAC -- Fort Scott High girls' gave top-seeded Oklahoma City-Classen fits here Saturday before falling to the Comets, 45-41, in the fifth-place game of the Kansas Army National Guard Invitational. Classen fell into consolation when it was upset Thursday by eighth-seeded Blue Springs, Mo., which had just one win coming into the tournament but went on to finish third...

FRONTENAC -- Fort Scott High's boys completed their run through the Kansas Army National Guard Invitational by beating second-seeded Nevada, 60-51, in Saturday's championship game here. The Tigers were seeded eighth, coming into Thursday's game against top-seeded Riverton with just two wins on the season. But five of their six losses had been by four points or less. Basically, five possessions -- maybe six -- were the difference between being 2-6 and maybe having a 6-2 record...

Barbara Ann Dare, age 80, a longtime resident of Uniontown, Kan., now residing at Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott, Kan., went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ in heaven early Monday morning, Jan. 25, 2016. She was born Oct. 7, 1935 in Milo, Mo., the daughter of Howard E. ...

George Allen Kruse, age 80, a former resident of Redfield, Kan., since 1969 and more recently of Cape Coral, Fla., died early Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, at Hope Hospice in Cape Coral. He was born Jan. 19, 1936, in Geneseo, Kan., the son of Allen A. Kruse and Josephine Friedel Kruse. ...