Stories from Friday, June 1, 2018

William Thomas Colbert, age 87, Linn Valley, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at the Olathe Medical Center. A gathering to celebrate his life will be held 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 4, 2018 at the Linn Valley Community Church. Visitation will be held before service from 5 pm to 6:30 p.m. The family suggests contributions to Mission Southside in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 304, La Cygne, KS 66040. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Edmond Glenn Arnold, 98, of Pleasanton died Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at El Dorado Health and Rehab. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 4, 2018 at Schneider Funeral Home & Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will follow in Pleasanton Cemetery. ...

Charley Aaron Wisdom, age 74, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at the Bates County Medical Center. A gathering to celebrate Charley's life will be held 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 4, 2018, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory Pleasanton Chapel. ...

Betty Dean, age 90, Mound City, Kan. passed away on Thursday May 31, 2018 at Parkview Heights in Garnett, Kan. Graveside funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Monday, June 4, 2018, at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Brookefield, Mo. Visitation will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. The family suggests contributions to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

The Fort Scott Library hosted its 2018 Summer Reading Program kickoff party Wednesday at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the campus of Fort Scott Community College. Children and families could take part in a variety of activities, games and challenges. The theme for this year’s reading program is “Libraries Rock!”...

Darby Toth has been surrounded by debate and forensics her entire life. All of the knowledge and skills she has obtained throughout her school years, as well as the assistance she has received from coaches, teachers, family and friends, have brought the 2018 Fort Scott High School graduate to this point...

The Good Ol' Days celebration got underway Thursday evening with the Fort Scott Good Ol' Days Talent Extravaganza held at Memorial Hall. Friday night included the annual Tom Davis Dragoon Race, parade and street dance. Activites continue through Saturday evening...

The Kansas State High School Activities Association Thursday named the sites of championship events for the 2018-19 winter sports season, choosing Fort Scott High School as host of the Class 4A and Class 3-2-1A State Debate Tournaments. The tournaments will be held January 11 and 12, 2019...

CARY, N.C. — Fort Scott High School 2015 graduate Chase Brown will be playing for an NCAA Division II national championship today as his Columbus State team advanced with a win over Florida Southern on Friday. Brown, an outfielder who played at Independence Community College in 2016 and 2017, was 0 for 2 but walked 3 times and scored twice in an 11-6 victory. The second-seeded Cougars (47-14) will face fifth-seeded Augustana, S.D. at noon today...

Three members of Uniontown’s State Tournament-qualifying softball team have received All-Three Rivers League honors from league coaches. Northeast saw three members of its team honored as well Uniontown sophomore Sivanah McAnulty was named to the First Team along with Northeast senior Madison Walker and freshman Rachel Fox. Uniontown senior Keeley Goodridge and juniors Maddie Ard and Makenzee Franklin, and Northeast senior Amber Claffey were named to the Honorable Mention list...

Uniontown and Northeast’s baseball teams each had two players chosen for First Team honors and one for Honorable Mention status as the Three Rivers League released its All-League team, voted on by league coaches, earlier in the week. Uniontown’s Nick Hathaway and Graham Hathaway were both chosen for the First Team while Andrew Reed was picked for the HM list. For Northeast, Tejay Cleland and Matt Cashero were voted to the First Team and Tre McLaughlin was voted onto the HM list...

Fort Scott High School saw five players named to the All-Southeast Kansas League softball team, voted on by league coaches and released earlier this week. Three members of the league runner-up Tigers were picked to the First Team: Lane Bohlken, Aburey Ard, and Kenady Poyner. Mia Bryant and Lexi Milburn were chosen for the Second Team...

Tigers’ Campbell named to All-Class team by KABC