Stories from Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Several Fort Scott High School athletes earned medals at the 2023 Kansas State Track and Field Championships which took place Friday and Saturday at Wichita State University-Cessna Stadium. See Wednesday's print or online edition for full story.

Three Uniontown High School Eagle athletes placed at the Class 2A Friday and Saturday at Wichita State University. See Wednesday's print or online edition for full story.

For the second year in a row, Jewel Endicott, who will be a Uniontown High School sophomore, won a first-place award for her age group in the Kansas Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest. Her winning entry is titled "Cinnamon Teal Swimming" and was done in colored pencil...

Heather R. (Eads) Tupin, 46, resident of Blue Springs, Mo., passed away May 23, 2023, at her home. Arrangements will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Donna Mae Marquis Reynolds, age 77, of La Cygne, Kan., passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, May 28, 2023.   Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, June 5, 2023 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Memorial contributions can be made to Ray of Hope or Grady’s Kids, in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 304, La Cygne, KS 66040. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Josephine Katherine Baucom, formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Jan. 2, 2023 in Poway, Calif. Josephine was born on Sept. 21, 1936, to Rita and Quinto Borello in Arma, Kan. She attended grade school and high school in Arma. Josephine married Joe Van Leeuwen in 1957. ...