Stories from Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Clarence M. Price, age 89, a resident of Fort Scott died Monday, March 14, 2016, at the Medicalodge. Funeral arrangements for Clarence Price will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Andy Hutchison, age 57, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, March 11, 2016 at North Kansas City Hospital. He was born in Norfolk, V.A., on Sept. 10, 1958, the son of Fredrick Franklin Hutchison and Cecil Lou Barkley. Andy served 10 years in the U.S. Navy and worked at Cerner, Inc. as a computer software engineer...

Lena Maye Johnson, age 86, resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died unexpectedly Sunday, March 13, 2016, at her home. She was born July 6, 1929, in Newtonia, Mo., the daughter of George and Mary Weems Wheeler. She married Russell Eugene Johnson on Aug. ...

Troy Eugene "Gene" Norris, age 72, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, March 13, 2016, at Stormont Vail Health Care in Topeka, Kan. He was born Jan. 28, 1944, in Nevada, Mo., the son of Troy and Nina Phillips Norris. He served in the United States Navy. ...

The Fort Scott Police Department is investigating a recent series of burglaries and thefts at various local businesses and residences over the last several days. Fort Scott police officers investigated a burglary that was reported just after 7 a.m. March 2 at Fort Scott Lumber in the 1900 block of Judson Street. FSPD Capt. Shaun West said the reported burglary occurred sometime between 5:30 p.m. March 1 and 7:04 a.m. March 2. The alleged crime was reported by employees of the business...

The Fort Scott National Historic Site and a related support organization have received a grant to help celebrate the contributions of Native Americans in Kansas, including Fort Scott. The Friends of the Fort Scott National Historic Site, Inc., in partnership with the historic site, recently received a $5,000 Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area Interpretive Grant for Native Neighbors programming, according to a news release...

The Southeast Kansas Little Britches Rodeo was held Saturday and Sunday at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds in Fort Scott. The event drew contestants from southeast Kansas and neighboring states.

Fort Scott Community College's softball team swept Haskell Indian Nations University junior varsity Saturday at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex. The Greyhounds won a run-rule shortened opener 13-5 in five innings and claimed the second game 8-1. Fort Scott (11-10) scored the majority of its first-game runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Nine tallies in the frame put the Greyhounds in front, 11-5...

Three members of Fort Scott High School's basketball teams received All-Southeast Kansas League honors in voting conducted recently. By league protocol, the teams were not released until the league's final post-season competitor -- Labette County's girls, who finished fourth in Class 4A-Division I -- completed its season...