Stories from Tuesday, July 12, 2016

ST. JOSEPH, MO. -- Nick Banman didn't get much of a chance to admire the distance of his drives during the home run derby here Thursday. The Chillicothe Mudcats infielder stayed pretty locked in during all three rounds of Thursday's MINK League Home Run Derby and left as the champion by smacking 14 home runs in the finals against Ozark's Brad Cuyos, who had four...

The Kansas Indians, Fort Scott's summer baseball team, struggled at the latest Fort Scott Community College showcase over the weekend, winning only one of five games. The Indians lost to the Dallas Blue Jays, 6-1, on Thursday and their first game on Friday to the Blaze, 4-2. Their only win came in Friday's second game, a 10-0 run-rule over Kansas City Sluggers-Randa...

Fort Scott's Don Hewett Field will be the host for the Kansas Cal Ripken Baseball 9-Year-Old State Tournament beginning Friday. Fort Scott's team automatically qualified as the host team but played in the District 5 Tournament last weekend in Girard and finished as the first runner-up. Pittsburg won the championship with a 10-4 win over the locals in the final...

Arlene Kay (Sharp) Cathey, of Mound City, Kan., joined her sons with God July 7, 2016. Arlene was born March 20, 1953 in Clay Center, Kan., the daughter of Dean and JoAnn (Hannan) Sharp. Her family moved to Topeka where she attended Topeka Public Schools. ...

Representatives of Nabholz Construction Services of Olathe provided updates on timeline and budget for the USD 234 school bond projects to the USD 234 Board of Education on Monday. Gregg Scholtens, manager of construction, and Robby Manthei, project manager for the district's ongoing school bond projects, appeared before board members to give a brief update on the $40.8 million bond projects to make district-wide improvements. ...

Joey Eugene Daugherty, age 58, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, July 7 at this home. There was cremation. Private burial will take place at a later date in the Hume Cemetery, Hume, Mo. Arrangements were under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS...

Geraldine Johnson, age 82, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of Denver, Colo., died April 15, 2016, in Denver. A graveside memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, July 14 at the Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends and family will meet at the cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott...

Olive F. Murrell, age 94, a former resident of Mountain View, Mo., and Elkhart, Kan., and more recently of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, July 10, 2016, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born Jan. 31, 1922, in Texas County, Mo., the daughter of Cecil W. ...

It is with deep and heavy sadness that we announce the death of Quintis Lee Hinkley, 94, of Roswell, N.M., who passed away peacefully in his home on July 8, 2016. Quintis was born on Aug. 31, 1921, to Corwin and May Eva Hinkley, in Savonburg, Kan. Quintis led a full life. ...