Stories from Wednesday, April 6, 2016

V.H. Gulliford, age 91, resident of Nevada, Mo., died Sunday, April 3, 2016, at The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. Services for V.H. Gulliford will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS.

Christina Louise Gillespie, 63, Deerfield, Mo., passed away on April 4, 2016 at her home in Deerfield. Additional family and funeral information will be announced by Ferry Funeral Home at later date. You may view obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Billy G. Meech, age 84, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at his home. He was born Sept. 23, 1931, in Linn County, Kan., the son of Juell Walter Meech and Elsie May Finney Meech. He first married Carol Jean McHenry. They were divorced. ...

A Joplin, Mo., man accused of being involved in a local robbery has been arrested in Kansas City, Mo. According to a Fort Scott Police Department press release, Matthew R. Burgess, 28, was arrested on March 31 by the KCMO Police Department without incident...

The Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday voted to change the way it handles scrap metal. Public Works Director Jim Harris reported the contract the county had with Doug Miller expired April 1. Under the contract, Miller removed scrap metal from the Bourbon County Landfill. The money received for the scrap metal was split in half between Miller and the county...

Uniontown High School art students held the 15th annual Evening in Fine Arts Tuesday. Food and music performed by UHS Band and Choir members were also provided for those present. Art pieces displayed included pottery, wire sculptures, poster board objects, graphic design prints and paintings and drawings. Paintings and drawings were created with various mediums, such as acrylic, pastels, charcoal, watercolor, pen and ink, pencils, colored pencils, scratchboard, acrylic gel, and mixed medium...

Margaret Hartman, 80, of Uniontown and Rose Hill, Kan., died Monday evening, April 4, 2016 in Rose Hill. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

ERIE -- Uniontown's golf team opened its season here Monday, finishing ninth in an 11-team field. "This was our first meet of the season, so we didn't really know how the kids would do but knew it would give us a good place to start and try to build from," Eagle head coach Jason Tourtillott said. "We hit some really nice golf shots but just couldn't put them together shot after shot. We found a lot of things we need to work on in practice to try to cut some strokes down."...

UNIONTOWN -- Northeast routed Uniontown, 21-7, in the first game of a scheduled Three Rivers League doubleheader here Monday. The second game was not played due to darkness and the fact that Uniontown's baseball field does not have lights. The Vikings led 7-0 after their first two turns at-bat. Uniontown finally scored in the bottom of the second...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team held early leads in both games of a Three Rivers League doubleheader at George Warren Field here Monday. But in both cases, the Eagles were unable to hold on as Northeast took a 16-6, 16-9 sweep. Uniontown (0-4 TRL, 1-5 overall) led game one 5-1 and game two 6-4 after one inning of play...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team rallied here Tuesday to defeated the Rockhurst University junior varsity by a 6-4 score in a single nine-inning game. The Greyhounds (27-8) scored first in the top of the first when Gabe Franklin singled to center with one out, stole second and third, then came in on an Andrew Tanous groundout...

LOUISBURG -- Fort Scott High's softball team swept Louisburg here Tuesday night, winning game one 1-0 and the second game 7-4. Lane Bohlken allowed 7 hits and a walk while striking out 4 in game one. The Tiger defense did not committ an error. The only run scored in the top of the second inning. Emily Hale led off the inning by drawing a walk. She stole second. Hannah Geneva followed with a hit to right field. Hale came home on the attempt to get Geneva out...

The wind was blowing out of the park most of the day at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex. But it was visiting Allen's bats that were able to take greatest advantage as the Red Devils swept Fort Scott Community College's softball team 15-7 and 10-2 Tuesday...

A jury trial in the case of a man facing felony charges of rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child is scheduled to begin today in Bourbon County District Court. Jury selection took place Tuesday in the case of Brady F. Toole, who is charged with six counts of rape and four counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, according to Bourbon County court records...