Stories from Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Cole Austin Fortman, age 34, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Friday, April 22, 2016 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at the Pleasanton First Baptist Church. Burial in the Pleasanton Cemetery. ...

Dawn Bernice Sharp, age 48, a resident of Fort Scott, died Saturday, April 23, 2016, at the Fort Scott Mercy Hospital Emergency Room. Funeral services for Dawn Sharp will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Helen Carol Hixon, age 78, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, April 24, 2016, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. Rev. Kevin Moyers will conduct funeral services at 10 a.m. Friday, April 29 at the Community Christian Church. Burial will follow in the Memory Gardens Cemetery. ...

The Fort Scott National Historic Site recently concluded a week of events and activities that included a proclamation issued by Gov. Sam Brownback. The historic site celebrated National Park Week last week with several events and activities. Holly Baker, chief of interpretation and resource management, said FSNHS staff were "thrilled" to see a declaration from Brownback recognizing April 16-24 as National Park Week in Kansas...

A long-term city project has taken a major step towards completion recently. Crews have been working at the city-owned Woodland Hills Golf Course, formerly known as the Fort Scott Country Club, to tear down the more than century-old clubhouse. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new clubhouse is Thursday morning at the golf course, 2414 Horton St., following the 8 a.m. weekly Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce coffee...

Fort Scott High School was the host of a nine-hole junior varsity tournament on Monday at Woodland Hills Golf Course. The Tigers had two teams entered while Pittsburg and Chanute each had one. No team scores were kept. The best score was recorded by Chanute's Matt Devoe, who shot 46. Pittsburg's Matt Thompson was second with a 48...

PARSONS -- Nick Reynolds won the Tigers' first medal of the season as Fort Scott High School's boys golf team finished sixth at the Parsons Invitational here Thursday. Reynolds shot 41 on the front nine and 46 on the back to finish with an 87, good for first place. He bested his previous season low by 14 strokes...

BURLINGTON -- Fort Scott High School's softball team extended its winning streak to nine games with a sweep of Labette County in Southeast Kansas League play at Don Hewett Field Friday. The Tigers (6-0 SEK, 11-1 overall) won the opener, 9-2, and hung on to win the nightcap, 11-7. Fort Scott remained a two games ahead of Independence (4-0, 11-0) in the win column. The Bulldogs swept Chanute on Friday, 7-6 and 4-1...

BURLINGTON -- Just two days earlier, Shalina Harper was a victor in the 1,600 meters on Burlington's track in a meet hosted by Waverly. Thursday, Harper won a different event on the same track during the Southern Coffey County Invitational. Harper won the 800 meters on Thursday, turning in a time of 2:32.85. She also claimed fourth place in javelin...

Salvaging a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader with Kansas City Kansas at Lions Field Saturday afternoon allowed Fort Scott Community College's baseball team to clinch a berth in the Region VI post-season tournament. Second-place Kansas City won the opener, 9-2, to clinch the season series, 3-1, and send the Greyhounds to their ninth consecutive conference defeat. But Fort Scott rallied and then held on to win game two, 6-5...