Stories from Friday, November 12, 2021

Results of Bourbon County races in the Nov. 2 general election will not change after county officials finalized numbers on Wednesday. A canvassing board verified 11 provisional ballots in the Bourbon County Commission room during a canvass of provisional ballots. Canvassers review reasons why ballots are challenged or provisional and decide whether to count them. The county election officer presents the ballots to the county board of canvassers at the regular canvass meeting after the election...

High school students may not always be excited about going to school on Saturday, but groups of Fort Scott High School students were putting their video production skills to the test for a recent online competition. Eighteen students in Michelle Laubenstein’s video production class at FSHS are competing in The Academy of Scholastic Broadcasting Workshop 76-Hour Contests, which allow students to hone their skills in various categories related to journalism and film...

Vivian C. Moore, age 76, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Nov. 12 at the home of her brother in rural Arcadia, Kan. Funeral services for Vivian Moore will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan.

Donajean Bauer, age 76, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Nov. 12 at her home. Funeral services for Donajean Bauer will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan.

Thorene F. Roberts, 93, of Fort Scott, passed away peacefully Monday afternoon, Nov. 8, 2021. She was born Feb. 29, 1928, in Mount Hope, Kan., one of four children to Scott and Dollie (Lumbert) Johnson. She married Kale Lee Roberts on Feb. 1, 1947, in Mount Hope, Kan., and they had two sons, Kent and Kim. Kale preceded her in death on April 14, 2021...

Robert L. Roweth, age 90, a resident of Uniontown, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 at the Girard Medical Center. There was cremation. A private family burial will take place at a later date at the Mt. Orum Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St., P.O. Box 347, Fort Scott, KS 66701...

Several Fort Scott High School Tigers earned All-SEK honors in volleyball, football and soccer for the fall 2021 seasons. In volleyball, senior outside hitter Abby Altic was a unanimous first team selection. McKenzie Murphy, a junior middle blocker; Teryn Farley, a senior outside hitter; and Raveyn Kegler, a sophomore setter earned spots on the second team...

Fort Scott Men’s basketball program is hosting the 2nd Annual Pechone Stepps Classic this weekend at Arnold Arena. Participating teams are Northeastern Oklahoma, FSCC, Bethel College JV and Southwestern College JV. Games times were scheduled to be 6 p.m. Friday with NEO playing Bethel JV, and FSCC (3-2, 0-0) taking on Southwestern JV at 8 p.m. Games today will start at 2 p.m. with NEO playing Southwestern JV. FSCC will play Bethel JV at 4 p.m...