Stories from Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Douglas G. Lauber, 75, of Wichita, Kan., passed away on Friday, March 30, 2018 in Wichita. Douglas was born the son of Tony and Clestine (Powell) Lauber on January 10, 1943 in Cleveland, Mo. Doug spent his younger years in Fort Scott, Kan., prior to serving in the United States Army. Doug worked at the Wichita Flour Mill for over 20 years. He also worked for Dold Foods Meat Packing in Wichita. He later started his own company manufacturing wood shipping pallets until his passing...

Deborah (Wurtz) Harrison, age 65 passed away on March 24.from a sudden illnss, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Fla. A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 1 p.m at Gentry-Morrison Funeral Homes, Southside Chapel, Lakeland, Fla...

Jeannie Kay Speer, age 46, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, April 2, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room in Fort Scott. She was born Aug. 5, 1971, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Harley Anderson and Rhonda Mitchell Anderson. She married Johnny Speer, Jr., on Sept. 7, 1995, at Fort Scott. Jeannie was a devoted wife and mother who loved her family dearly...

After a nearly two-month process, the USD 234 Board of Education has chosen a Fort Scott native to lead the school district as its next superintendent. During a special meeting Tuesday afternoon, board members voted unanimously to approve the hiring of Ted Hessong, currently superintendent of schools for Marais des Cygnes Valley USD 456, Melvern, to a 2-year contract starting July 1...

On Feb. 15, Mary Gonzales was in the right place at the right time. That day, Gonzales, an employee in the Bourbon County Driver’s License office on the second floor of the county courthouse, was performing her regular job duties when a customer experienced a health emergency. That customer, local resident Curt Shankel, had come in to renew his driver’s license, which consisted of a vision test and questions...

• Uniontown softball vs. Chetopa, scheduled for Monday. No make-up date has been announced. The Eagles are scheduled to play Altoona-Midway at home Thursday. • Fort Scott Community College softball versus Allen, scheduled for Tuesday, will be played at 2 p.m. this afternoon at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex...

OSWEGO — Oswego pitcher Natalie Brake was credited with a no-hitter by the Indians’ statisticians in the first game here Monday night as Northeast fell in both ends of a season-opening Three Rivers League doubleheader. Behind Brake, Oswego won the opener, 11-1. The Indians also took the nightcap, 17-1...

OSWEGO — Northeast’s baseball team split a Three Rivers League baseball doubleheader here Monday, winning the opener, 17-7, but dropping the second game, 17-15. The Vikings (1-1 TRL, 1-3 overall) broke open a close first game by scoring 7 runs in the top of the fifth to make it 11-3. They added 4 more in the top of the sixth and two in the seventh...

UNIONTOWN — Uniontown’s baseball team swept Crest in a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Friday, winning the first game, 15-1, and the nightcap, 13-1. Uniontown (2-0 TRL, 4-0 overall) was to have played Chetopa Monday but not enough players reported to make a complete team there this season...

After Saturday’s play, the race for the lead of the Jayhawk Conference’s Eastern Division has become a dogfight between Fort Scott and Cowley. The Greyhounds completed a season sweep of Neosho County at Lions Field Saturday, bashing their way to 9-2 and 13-1 victories to improve to 17-3 in the division and 31-5 overall. At Parsons, Cowley swept last-place Labette, 9-6 and 6-4, to improve to 17-3 and 24-8 overall...