Stories from Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Jean Zinn, age 82, Hume, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017 at Prescott Country View. Funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 22, 2017 at the Hume United Methodist Church. Burial will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at Fort Scott National Cemetery. ...

The next steps in the process for a case involving a former church employee facing charges for alleged sex crimes are set to be discussed in November. During a brief hearing Monday in Bourbon County District Court, defense attorney Christopher Meek of Baxter Springs requested a date to waive a preliminary hearing, as well as for arraignment and plea in the case of Joseph Wayne Banker, a former employee of the Community Christian Church who is faced with charges for alleged sex crimes that took place in 2009 in Bourbon County.. ...

The Fort Scott Police Department is investigating a case of a Fort Scott man facing a charge of second degree murder. According to a news release issued Tuesday by the FSPD, officers responded about 10:41 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, to a residence in the 700 block of South Wilson Street following a report of an unattended death. Upon arrival, officers met with the reporting party, George Thomas Mellenbruch, 68, who directed officers to the body of his deceased wife, Diane P. (Smith) Mellenbruch...

A week has passed since Bourbon County Commissioners learned there is an issue with the floors at the Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center under construction at 323 E. 20th Street. Since then, work to seal the concrete floors has been placed on hold until commissioners could go through a formality to determine which of them has the authority to address the issue...

A crew from RFB Construction Co., Inc., of Pittsburg, smooths concrete as it is being poured for a new median Tuesday afternoon on South Main Street (U.S. Highway 69) near the National Avenue intersection. The work is part of a $4.2 million project partially funded by the city of Fort Scott and a Kansas Department of Transportation grant. ...

OSWEGO — After a break of over two weeks, the Northeast volleyball team went 2-2 in a tournament here on Saturday. The Vikings started off the day against Riverton, going out to a 16-11 lead in the first set before falling in the match, 25-18, 25-12. They bounced back to beat Cherryvale in three sets, 16-25, 25-19, 25-17...

RIVERTON — Class 2A Uniontown’s volleyball team took two of three matches in a non-league quadrangular versus larger schools here Thursday night. First, the Eagles (5-8) defeated Class 3A Galena, 25-13, 25-11, as Danielle Nading recorded 8 kills. Next, Uniontown swept Class 4A-Division II Columbus, 25-12, 25-13, with Nading converting 12 of 13 attack chances. Finally, Class 3A Riverton took a 25-14, 25-12 win. Keeley Goodridge had 5 kills for the Eagles...

CHANUTE —Fort Scott’s Lauren Madison finished in third place here Monday in the 18-hole Chanute Invitational. Many of the Southeast Kansas Leagues’s teams were present although this was not one of the designated tournaments. The third and final one will be held Tuesday at Pittsburg...

Their new home court wasn’t very kind to Fort Scott High’s volleyball team Tuesday night as the Tigers fell to Parsons and Chanute in Southeast Kansas League matches in the new gymnasium at the high school. The Tigers fell to Parsons in the opener, 25-20, 25-22. Chanute rallied to beat the Vikings in the middle match, 20-25, 25-17, 25-17. Then the Blue Comets took the finale in three sets, 25-16, 16-25, 25-23...