Stories from Friday, April 27, 2018

Marjorie “Darlene” Greenfield, age 95, a resident of Denton, Texas, formally of Fort Scott, died Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at the Denton Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements for Darlene Greenfield will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main...

Rodney Paul Morter, age 85, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away early Thursday, April 26, 2018, at the Pittsburg Care and Rehab Center in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born Feb. 21, 1933, in Ainsworth, Neb., the son of Paul Frederick Morter and Lila Thompson Morter. ...

Area elementary students were transported back to the mid-1800s through an educational program Friday at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. About 500 elementary students in kindergarten through fourth grades participated in a “Life on the Frontier” program, which Park Ranger Barak Geertsen said is designed to teach students “about life in Fort Scott during the 1840s.”...

Bourbon County Commissioners are working towards offering a real estate tax rebate program for any resident or business owner outside incorporated cities. The goal is to have a Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) available by June. That means during the month of May, Commission Chairman Lynne Oharah and Bourbon County Counselor Justin Meeks will attend several meetings to get the blessing from other taxing entities in the county...

On a rainy Wednesday afternoon, the community rallied to support and honor a group of combat veterans on their way through Fort Scott. Spectators turned out along a convoy route with signs and flags in hand to welcome the group of eight veterans, who came through town on their way to the E3 Ranch located just outside Fort Scott to participate in a four-day turkey hunt. The ranch is owned by Fort Scott native and former Major League Baseball player Adam LaRoche...

Fort Scott High’s junior varsity girls dominated their home track meet Tuesday, finishing on top of the team standings by over 55 points. The Tigers finished with 148 1/3 points with Paola a distant second with 93. Paola won the boys’ team title with 101 points while Fort Scott was seventh with 40...

UNIONTOWN — Northeast split with Uniontown here Thursday in both baseball and softball in Three Rivers League play. Northeast baseball took game one of its doubleheader, 3-2, but Uniontown won the second game, 9-8. The Vikings also won the first game of the softball doubleheader while the Eagles took the second. The final score in each game was 4-2...

PARSONS — Fort Scott finished in a tie for fifth place at the Southeast Kansas League Tennis Tournament here Thursday as the Tigers and Labette County each scored 2 points. Pittsburg and Independence tied for the team title with 19 points each. No tie-breakers were used so they are co-champions. ...

Fort Scott High’s Nick King won the Labette County Invitational Thursday while Lucas Harryman took third place. King shot 40 on the front nine and 37 on the back to finish with a score of 77. Harryman, who lost a scorecard playoff with Labette County’s Jack Leake, shot 41-38—79, 12 stokes better than in his previous tournaments...

Fort Scott Community College softball split its final regular-season games Tuesday at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex, beating Cottey College ,1-0, in game one but falling in the second game, 5-3. These were the last athletic events the two schools will play against each other. ...

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team posted a sweep of Coffeyville here Thursday in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play. The Greyhounds won game one, 9-3, and the nightcap, 10-5. Fort Scott improved to, locked into second place as the season closes with a doubleheader against the Red Ravens at 1 p.m. ...

Fort Scott beats Paola for first time since 2006