Stories from Friday, August 10, 2018

Hunter Dean Kovacic, 15, of Stark, Kan., died at 10:12 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Highway 69 in Bourbon County, Kan. Hunter was born July 9, 2003 in Fort Scott, Kan., a son of Jeffrey and Jennifer (Jamison) Kovacic...

Virginia Marie Gillen McKenna died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan., at the age of 80. Virginia was born July 14, 1938, in Harper County, Kan., to Arnold P. and Margaret A. (Goetz) Gillen. She grew up on a farm near Willowdale where she and her eight siblings played hide-n-seek and red rover outside on the wide prairie. ...

PITTSBURG — Both Uniontown and Northeast fielded teams with young rosters last season. This year both UHS head coach Jeremy Neville and NHS head coach Phil Hobbs look forward to seeing their teams mature. Both coaches spoke to the media here Wednesday as KSHQ Radio played host to its annual Southeast Kansas Football Media Conference. Pre-season coaches polls were also released...

PITTSBURG — Defending champion Labette County was picked to repeat while Fort Scott High was picked to tie for second in a Southeast Kansas League coaches pre-season poll released by KSHQ Radio here Wednesday. With coaches unable to vote for their own teams, LCHS head coach gave Chanute his first-place vote while his team received each of the other four. ...

One person was killed and another reported as injured in a three-vehicle accident Wednesday morning on U.S. Highway 69 about five miles south of Fort Scott. According to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash log, a 1988 Ford Ranger driven by Hunter Dean Kovacic, 15 of Stark, was headed north on U.S. ...

The Fort Scott City Commission on Tuesday approved a measure that will allow a local couple to live on the first floor of a building in the downtown business district. Commissioners heard from city officials and various citizens on both sides of the issue as they considered a conditional use permit that would allow residential living on the first floor of a commercial building. Currently in the downtown district, residential living is only allowed on the second floor of a building...

Terry Wayne Camp died Aug. 9, 2018 at Wheat State Manor in Whitewater, Kan. He was born March 8, 1951, at Fort Scott, Kan., to H.V. and Lorene Camp. He graduated from Uniontown High School in 1969. He served in the U.S. Army in 1st Armored Division, Old Ironsides from 1971 to 1973 and was stationed in Germany. After the army, he was employed by Excel Industries in Hesston and Harvey County Highway Department...