Stories from Tuesday, December 5, 2017

John Newton Shelton, age 92, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room in Fort Scott. He was born Jan. 28, 1925, in Littleton, Colo., the son of John Houston Shelton and Edith Baugher Shelton. ...

Dola Rose Howard, age 84, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Nov. 19, 2017. She was born Aug. 9, 1933 in Caney, Kan., the daughter of Curtis Earl Howard and Hallie Mae Kaser Howard. Dola graduated from Caney Valley High School in 1951 and attended St. ...

Another week has passed and Bourbon County Commissioners still don’t know how much it will cost to install a microphone system in the new Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center. On Tuesday, they heard from Sheriff Bill Martin who said he wanted to clarify information commissioners had provided during their Nov. 28 meeting...

Fort Scott City Commissioners on Tuesday lent support to a proposal to operate a private secondary school on land at 1950 Indian Road southwest of Fort Scott. Daniel Kerr of Fort Scott, founder and president of St. Martin’s Academy, appeared before the commission to provide more information on the proposal. Kerr said the plan is to open the academy, a boarding and Catholic school for ninth and 10th grade boys, in fall 2018. He shared a drawing of the school plan with commissioners...

Santa Claus and some of his elves ride in a horse-drawn wagon during the downtown Christmas parade Tuesday night. Following the parade, Santa assisted with lighting the Mayor’s Christmas Tree. Drawings for prizes were held, then children had an opportunity to meet Santa at Papa Don’s, where Fort Scott High School PRIDE members assisted with crafts. The Fort Scott Recreation Department served free hot chocolate. This year’s parade was sponsored by Briggs Auto...

CANEY — Uniontown’s Colt Eck finished in second place in the varsity 152-pound division and Graham Hathaway was fifth at 132 pounds in the Kan-Okla Tournament at Caney Valley High School here Saturday. The tournament also had a junior varsity division this season. Both Uniontown entrants, Ryan Todd at 150 and Dawson Bollinger at 189, placed second...

GARNETT — Fort Scott Middle School’s seventh-grade girls’ basketball “A” team won the championship at the Anderson County Tournament here Saturday while the eighth-grade “A” team finished second. Sydney Herrin led the seventh graders with 16 points and 8 rebounds in a 30-14 win over Wellsville in the first round. She had 17 points and 10 boards in the Tigers’ 32-13 championship game win over Prairie View...

WILLARD, Mo. — Harrison (Ark.) swept Fort Scott High School’s basketball teams in the final round of the Willard Tri-State Classic here Saturday. Goblin girls took a 44-39 win while Harrison’s boys prevailed, 60-32. Both Fort Scott teams finished the tournament 0-3 and will be off all this week before resuming play with a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader at Chanute on Dec. 12...

Turnovers weren’t that much of a problem for Fort Scott Community College’s women in their game against the Washburn University junior varsity at Arnold Arena Tuesday night. Just about everything else was problematic, though, and Washburn was in control pretty much from the start in a 67-50 win over the Greyhounds...

PARSONS — Fort Scott Community College’s men climbed back above the .500 mark with a pair of wins at the Labette Classic here over the weekend. They defeated the Oklahoma Wesleyan junior varsity, 89-60, Friday night and Louisiana Christian Academy, 101-74, Saturday night...

UPDATED with additional information about the girls' game (12:15 a.m. Wednesday morning).

Fort Scott High School’s wrestling team was both short-handed and inexperienced going into its annual home dual tournament Saturday morning. The Tigers went 0-5 in duals and finished in last place. But the accomplishment of the young squad wasn’t measured in win-loss records...

Fort Scott Community College’s men came out blazing at the start of each half as the Greyhounds rolled to an 87-51 win over the Washburn University junior varsity at Arnold Arena Tuesday night. The ’Hounds (8-5) shot 58 percent from the field in the contest, making 36 of 67 total field-goal attempts and 10 of 23 from 3-point range...

UPDATED with additional information about the girls' game (Wednesday 4:30 p.m.)