Stories from Friday, November 16, 2018

Benny E. Lowery, age 91, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 at his rural Pleasanton home. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. ...

Larry Chester Elam, age 74, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at his home. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, at the U.S. National Cemetery, Fort Scott. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main...

Harriett Louise Carr Reeves, 80, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2018 at her home in Fort Scott, Kan. Harriett was born on July 9, 1938 in Fort Scott to Charles Fulton and Dorothy Elizabeth (Swope) Carr. After graduating from Fort Scott High School, she attended William Woods College in Fulton, Mo., for two years then transferred to Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in home economics. ...

Saturday, Nov. 10: Seventh-grade A at Frontenac. The Tigers fell to Frontenac in their first game of the tournament, 22-12. Bailey Couch had 7 points for the Tigers and Carsen Wunderly had 9 rebounds. The Tigers beat Pittsburg in the third-place game, 48-3. Couch scored 17 points and Wunderly added 9...

The results of the Nov. 6 election won’t change after an official canvass of provisional ballots Thursday, although some township races were decided by write-in votes. Bourbon County Commissioners conducted a canvass of the election during a special meeting, and are expected to officially sign off on the election making the results final at their regular Tuesday meeting. ...

For whatever reason, absolutely no Fort Scott Community College football players received honors — not even Honorable Mention — when the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference released its All-Conference football team earlier this week. The Greyhounds finished tied for last place in the conference with Independence, which was the only team Fort Scott defeated in conference play this season. The Pirates had seven players honored...

Five Fort Scott Community College volleyball players were recipients of either conference or district honors for post-season teams released earlier this week. Four Greyhounds were named to the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference All-Eastern Division (Division II) team. ...

City and county officials on Friday continued discussions on details surrounding creation of a city-county ambulance service. During a special meeting Friday afternoon, Bourbon County Commissioners talked about aspects of the service, and approved motions authorizing Bourbon County Economic Development Director Jody Hoener to move forward with the process for acquiring billing and tax ID numbers as well as other criteria needed for licensing, owning and operating the ambulance service...

Three Rivers League volleyball coaches picked one player each from Uniontown and Northeast in All-TRL volleyball team polling earlier this week. Uniontown senior Maddie Ard was one of 10 players chosen to be on the First Team. Northeast sophomore Rachel Fox was one of 10 named to the Second Team...

The number of physicians committed to continuing health care services in Fort Scott is growing. Dr. Larry Seals, OBGYN, has announced he will continue his prenatal and gynecology practice in Fort Scott with Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK). He has applied for privileges to deliver babies at both Nevada Regional Medical Center and Via Christi Pittsburg...

Nine Tribune Area players received honors from Three Rivers League football coaches as the All-TRL 11-man team was announced earlier this week. First Team spots on offense went to Uniontown senior Hayden Miller at tight end and senior Jez Simpson at wide receiver. Northeast senior Nathan Boswell was also a First Team pick at receiver...