Stories from Tuesday, May 16, 2017

James Oliver Baker, age 85, passed away Monday, May 15, 2017, at his home surrounded by his family. James Oliver was born Aug. 4, 1931, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Clyde and Ada Minnie Baker. He attended Eugene Ware and graduated from Fort Scott High School with the Class of 1949. ...

Fort Scott City Commissioners on Tuesday approved several measures to make water and sewer improvements. Director of Public Utilities Michael Mix reported the booster pump station located at Fort Scott Community College is in need of an update. Mix said the station is a “crucial installation” which serves the city’s south water tower and the entire high-pressure side of the city’s potable water distribution system...

Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday learned of a proposal for a new home for the Mercy EMS department. Fort Scott Deputy Fire Chief Dave Bruner and Mercy EMS Manager Danny Hall spoke to commissioners regarding a proposal to move the Mercy EMS department from the emergency room at the hospital to the Fort Scott Fire Department station one at 1604 S. National Ave...

The 36 members of the Uniontown High School Class of 2017 received their diplomas Saturday at the West Bourbon Elementary gym. The afternoon began with a baccalaureate service held at 1 p.m. The message was given by Uniontown First Baptist Church Pastor Marty Dewitt...

CHANUTE — Fort Scott High and Chanute played one of their games of what was to have been a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader here Friday night with the host Blue Comets winning 9-4. Fort Scott ended the regular season with a record of 8-3 in the SEK and 10-9 overall going into Tuesday’s Class 4A-Division I Regional Tournament at Paola. ...

MOUND CITY — Shalina Harper won the girls’ javelin at the Three Rivers League Relays here Friday while Uniontown athletes took home a total of 11 medals. “Great day for our league track meet,” Uniontown head coach Jackie Hall said. “Several of our athletes finished the season with personal bests in their respective events.”...

WICHITA — Fort Scott Community College’s baseball team knocked off the second-place team from the Jayhawk Conference-Western Division on Saturday but were unable to knock off that division’s champion on Sunday and was eliminated from the Region VI Tournament...

OLATHE — Uniontown junior Dylan O’Neal will be going to the Class 2A State Golf Tournament after qualifying from the Kansas City Christian Class 2A Regional Tournament at Prairie Highlands here Monday. O’Neal shot 127 for the Eagles, finishing 16th, but advances to State as one of the top five qualifiers from teams that did not finish in the top three. The top three teams automatically qualified all of their players. O’Neal’s score was the fourth-best out of the five at-large qualifiers...

PAOLA — Luke Angermeyer’s 2-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning lifted second-seeded Paola to a 3-2 win over third-seeded Fort Scott High in the Ottawa Class 4A-Division I Baseball Tournament here Tuesday. Fort Scott (10-9) scored both its runs in the top of the first inning when Grant Goldston hit the Tigers’ first homer of the season over the left-field fence. Kieran Houlihan was on base after hitting a single in front of the homer...

In attempts to beat out anticipated rain and thunderstorms on Friday, officials for the Paola Class 4A Regional Track Meet and Jefferson County North Class 2A Regional Meet have adjusted their schedules. Fort Scott will be taking part in the Paola Regional, which will still take place on Friday but will begin four hours earlier than originally scheduled. ...

Nick King and Tanner Fox will represent Fort Scott High School in the Class 4A State Golf Tournament following their results in the Fort Scott Class 4A Regional at Woodland Hills Golf Course on Monday. King, a freshman, finished in second place, shooting 37 on the front nine and 41 on the back to finish with a score of 78. He finished one shot behind champion Jace Watkins of Burlington, who shot 37-40—77. They were the only two golfers to finish under 80...