Stories from Friday, April 21, 2017

Eva A. Kelly, age 82, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Friday, April 21, 2017. She was born on Sept. 22, 1934. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Eureka Cemetery near Pleasanton. ...

Trace Lee Wilkerson, age 46, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2017. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at the Blue Mound Federated Church. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. ...

Charles “Bill” Dobbins, 87, a Korean War Veteran, formerly of Arcadia, Kan., died at Medicalodges-Frontenac, Kan., on April 7 of complications of old age. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army in the 1950s. He was preceded in death by his father Ed and mother Ruth, brothers John, Perry, Ray and Dan, and a sister, Doris Herlocker. He is survived by nieces and nephews. He was a 1949 graduate of Arcadia High School...

Lois M. Cox, 86, Arvada, Colo., formerly of the Nevada area, passed away on Jan. 25, 2017 at Almost Like Home Memory Care Facility in Arvada, Colo. She was born on July 24, 1930 at home in Vernon County to Landon William Palmer and Mary Harris Palmer. She graduated from Nevada High School in 1948...

UNIONTOWN — Uniontown’s softball team swept rival Marmaton Valley in Three Rivers League action at George Warren Field here Tuesday. The Eagles (3-3 TRL, 4-4 overall) won the opener 7-1 and the second game 15-5. Holly Shinn led the Eagles’ offense in the first game, going 3 for 4 and droving in 3 runs. ...

UNIONTOWN — Uniontown swept Marmaton Valley here Tuesday in a Three Rivers League doubleheader at the UHS baseball field. The Eagles won the opener 11-1 and the second game 13-3. The Eagles (5-1 TRL, 7-1 overall) needed only 7 hits to beat the Wildcats in the first game. Nick Hathway was 2 for 3 for the Eagles. Andrew Reed drove in 2 runs...

COLUMBUS — Fort Scott senior Devin Brooks won the 1,600-meter run at the Columbus Invitational here Tuesday on a day that was otherwise low in the medal count. Brooks turned in a time of 4:45 in winning the race. Connar Southard of Pittsburg was a close second in 4:48...

INDEPENDENCE — Independence swept Fort Scott High’s softball team in a pair of run-rule decisions here Tuesday by scores of 12-1 and 11-1 in Southeast Kansas League play. Indy’s win in game one broke a 14-game losing streak against the Tigers. The Bulldogs (4-0, 7-0), who climbed into a first-place tie with Labette County (4-0, 9-1) had last defeated the Tigers in the first round of the 2008 Girard Class 4A Regional Tournament (due to rainouts, the teams did not play in 2013)...

INDEPENDENCE — Fort Scott High School’s baseball team had to settle for a split in Southeast Kansas League play here Tuesday after Independence won the second game of the doubleheader in the bottom of the seventh inning. The Tigers won the opener, 7-2, but lost the nightcap, 9-8...

BURLINGTON — Uniontown’s track team returned here Thursday for the Southern Coffey County Invitational just two days after the competed on the same track in Waverly’s annual event. “Another great day for a track meet,” Eagle head coach Jackie Hall said. “With only one day coming off Tuesday’s meet, our athletes performed well. Many had personal bests in their respective events.”...

OTTAWA — Fort Scott Community College’s softball team swept the Ottawa University junior varsity here Friday by scores of 6-5 and 14-5. The games started early to beat the rain, which came through up there much later. The Greyhounds (20-31) led 6-1 going into the bottom of the seventh inning of game one. Ottawa scored on 2 hits, 3 errors and a hit batter before Fort Scott induced a double play to end the game...

OVERLAND PARK — Fort Scott Community College’s baseball suffered a sweep at the hands of No. 13 Johnson County here Thursday in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play. The division-leading Cavaliers won the opener 6-0 and the second game 9-6. The teams play here Sunday, the decision to move the games from today having been made late Friday afternoon due to wet field conditions at Lions Field. ...

Tigers second at Parsons PARSONS — Fort Scott High’s golf team finished second here Thursday in the third of four Southeast Kansas League designated tournaments. The Tigers shot 354 as a team to finish second to Chanute’s 328. The Blue Comets have been dominant in league play, winning the three tournaments held by an average of 28 strokes...

The Fort Scott Relays track and field competition has been rescheduled for Monday, May 1, at Frary Field due to Friday’s rains that put a stop to all events at Fort Scott High School. Friday’s baseball and softball games at Labette County were also postponed as was a tennis tournament at Chanute. The tennis tourney will be made up Tuesday. The baseball and softball games have been rescheduled for May 1...

Redfield residents should not worry about whether fire trucks will be able to respond to their calls. That was the message Redfield City Clerk Wilma Graham wants to spread after two Redfield residents told county commissioners Tuesday the city is not releasing funds to the fire department...

The city of Fort Scott and Bourbon County are partnering in an Earth Day cleanup today. The landfill will accept items at no charge through noon. Dumpsters and recycling trailers are available until 3:30 p.m. today at North National Avenue and at 6th and Margrave streets...

Before embarking on a major neighborhood cleanup blitz, members of the Good Neighbor Action Team and city officials met with residents in the northwest area of Fort Scott Thursday night. The goal was to learn what improvements residents would like to see in their neighborhood...