Stories from Friday, September 25, 2020

Mildred ”Millie” Louise Jurgens, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 at the Olathe Medical Center Hospice House after a short battle with lymphoma. Millie was born to Clara Spurgeon and Charles Harclerode on July 11, 1940 in Bronson, Kan. She grew up in Uniontown, Kan., in the home of her great-grandmother...

Donna Lea Hall, age 78, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at her home while surrounded by her family. She was born on Oct. 4, 1941, in Redfield, Kan., to Edwin Elmer Christy and Edith Alice Hartman Christy. She married the love of her life, Clete Hall, on Jan. ...

Mary Ann Worthington Klenklen, age 86, resident of Springfield, Mo., passed away peacefully at Springfield Mercy Hospital on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Mary Ann was born June 21, 1934, to Fred and Alice Sager in Frederick, Kan. When she was young, the family moved to Moran, Kan., where she grew up and attended schools there, graduating from Moran High School. ...

UNIONTOWN — The Olpe High School Eagles (4-0) blew open a one-score game after one quarter en route to a 48-2 clobbering of the Uniontown High School Eagles here Friday night. Uniontown (2-2) controlled the momentum early, going up 2-0 after a safety halfway through the first quarter, but Olpe’s size and speed ultimately proved too much for the home team, outscoring Uniontown 48-0 the rest of the way...

Fort Scott High School’s boys’ varsity cross country team placed first and the girls’ varsity squad finished third in the 5K run at the 2020 Ramsey Cross Country Invitational Thursday at Prairie View High School. The boys’ team finished first with a score of 39 and total time of 1:34:27.07, and an average time of 18:53.42. The girls’ team had a total score of 72, total time of 2:00:21.08 and average time of 24:04.22...