Stories from Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Garry Ray “Shakey” Warren, age 71, a resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, at his home. He was born June 13, 1946, in Fort Scott, the son of Raymond Edward Warren and Jessie Mae Harrison Warren. He graduated from Uniontown High School with the class of 1964. ...

Jo Ann Roufs, age 67, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, at the Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada, Mo. She was born on Jan. 30, 1950, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Dewey McCracken and Jacqueline Corfman McCracken. Jo Ann was a registered nurse working for Nevada Regional Care Center...

Robert Wayne Evans, age 58, a former resident of Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kan., passed away Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Mo. Burial of ashes will be in Stockton City Cemetery, Stockton, Cedar County, Mo., on Sept. 29, 2017, at 11 a.m...

Jo Ann Ahrens, 88, formerly of Fort Scott, more recently of Augusta, Kan., passed away Saturday evening, Oct. 28, 2017 at the Lakepoint Nursing Center in Augusta, Kan. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Thelma Sue DeMent, 81, of Fort Scott, died Tuesday afternoon at Via Christi in Pittsburg, Kan. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Editor’s note: This is the second part of a report on the Candidate’s Forum held Oct. 26. A report on Fort Scott City Commission candidates appeared in the Saturday, Oct. 28 edition of the Tribune. Candidates for open seats on the Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees and the USD 234 Board of Education fielded questions on challenges and opportunities, as well as tax support and education funding at a candidate forum Oct. 26 at the Fort Scott Livestock Market...

A Community Baby Shower was held Monday at Buck Run Community Center. The event, hosted by UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Kansas, the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department and Mercy Hospital, was designed to provide expectant mothers, new parents and support people with information on services and supports to families in the community...

A Community Baby Shower was held Monday at Buck Run Community Center. The event, hosted by UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Kansas, the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department and Mercy Hospital, was designed to provide expectant mothers, new parents and support people with information on services and supports to families in the community...

At a convention of delegates Monday night, the Bourbon County Republican Central Committee elected Patty Love, current deputy treasurer for the county, to replace outgoing County Treasurer Rhonda Dunn. Members of the committee met at the Fort Scott Livestock Market to determine a replacement for Dunn, whose last day in the position is Friday. Dunn was elected county treasurer in November 2012 and took office in October 2013 due to unique deadlines in treasurers’ offices...

ARMA — Humboldt needed a win to be certain it would qualify for post-season play and got it by shutting out Northeast, 58-0, here Thursday night. Northeast finished Class 3A-District 6 play 0-3 and the season at 0-9. Humboldt (2-1, 7-2) advanced to a first-round Class 3A playoff game that was held at Wellsville Tuesday night...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Fort Scott Community College’s volleyball team rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Kansas City Kansas 3 sets to 2 here Monday night in the regular-season finale for both teams. Kansas City won the first two sets of this Jayhawk Conference-Division II match, 25-18, 25-20, before the Greyhounds got things together to take the last three sets, 25-23, 25-20, 15-12...

HIGHLAND — Fort Scott Community College’s football team remained winless on the road this season following a 27-21 overtime loss to Highland in Jayhawk Conference play here Saturday afternoon. Scotties’ quarterback Narcissus Driver rolled around the left end on Highland’s possession from 4 yards out to end the game. The Scotties (2-4 Jayhawk, 3-5 overall) held the Greyhounds scoreless in the first half of overtime...

WAMEGO — Fort Scott High School’s girls finished third as a team in the Kansas State Class 4A Cross Country Championship meet here Saturday morning. The Tigers finished with 110 points. Baldwin won its second championship in three years with 61 points followed by Andover Central with 92...