Stories from Saturday, February 16, 2013

PITTSBURG -- Four members of Fort Scott High School's wrestling team are already assured of appearing in the Class 4A State Tournament based on their position in the brackets of the Pittsburg Class 4A Regional after Friday's action. The tournament resumes today at 11 a.m...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's girls rolled by Northeast in Three Rivers League play here Friday night, 54-18, in a game that saw just 10 fouls called between the teams. Northeast boys returned the favor by running past the Eagles, 62-39. DaNisha Robinson scored 14 points and grabbed 9 rebounds for Uniontown's girls (6-3 TRL, 9-10 overall), who have a chance to finish .500 in the regular season if they can beat Southern Coffey County Tuesday night. Once 3-10, the Eagles have won six consecutive games...

Independence pretty much dared Fort Scott High's boys to beat them from the outside Friday night. And while the Tigers were up to that challenge early, the shots eventually stopped falling as the visiting Bulldogs took a 57-46 victory in Southeast Kansas League play...

Fort Scott High School's girls took another step in their journey to a Southeast Kansas League championship by beating Independence in league play, 49-36, Friday night at the FSHS gymnasium. The Tigers (9-1 SEK, 13-5 overall), winners of nine straight games and 13 of their last 14, are one ahead of Labette County (9-2, 12-6) in the loss column. Chanute (8-3, 15-4) is in third place. LCHS defeated Parsons, 66-27, Friday night while Chanute was idle...

Feb. 5 Traffic stop, Hwy 69 Request ambulance, 100 block Linn Disturbance, 400 block Lowman Traffic stop, Margrave Traffic stop, Eddy Traffic stop, Margrave Animal control, 400 block Eddy Traffic complaint, 2400 block Cooper Check subject, 1200 block 240th...

Michael Allen Barnard, 33 year-old male, Arcadia, was arrested on 2/14/13 at 12:31 p.m. by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office for a Bourbon County warrant for non-support of a child and is still being held at this time. Brittany Dawn Fowler, 23 year-old female, was arrested on 2/14/13 at 11:07 a.m. by the Fort Scott Police Department for a Texas warrant for probation violation and is still being held at this time...

Elizabeth Wilkerson, age 64, resident of Fort Scott, died Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at Landmark Hospital in Joplin, Mo. Funeral arrangements for Elizabeth Wilkerson will be announced by Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Chlorine Briggs, 76, of Fort Scott, died Thursday afternoon Feb. 14, 2013 at the St. John's Mercy in Joplin, Mo. She was born November 15, 1936 in Lompoc, Calif., the daughter of Cliff and Doris (Bishop) Rose. She married Charles Newton Briggs December 21, 1961 in Fort Scott, Kan. He preceded her in death November 23, 1982. She then shared twenty-seven years with her special friend Bill Hurst, who preceded her in death May 23, 2010...

Leonard Albert White, age 90, resident of Cavalry Crossing, Fort Scott, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at Mercy Hospital. He was born March 3, 1922, in Fulton, Kan., the son of James Henry White and Phoebe Dorsey White. ...

Clifford Karl Skinner, 94, of Hiattville, Kan., died at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, February 14, 2013 in the Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul, Kan. He was born April 8, 1918 in Hiattville, the son of Francis and Emma (Maker) Skinner. He grew up and attended schools in Hiattville and Hepler, Kan. He attended tech school in Kansas City, Mo., and became a sheet metal specialist...

A number of Fort Scott farming operations have been recognized by the American Angus Association®'s 2013 Pathfinder® Report. Cloverdale Farm has been recognized nationally for having eight registered Angus cows included in the Association's report. Blooming Hill Angus has been recognized nationally for having one registered Angus cow included...

Members of the Bourbon County Relay for Life chapter have a variety of fundraisers lined up in the coming weeks as they begin the trek toward the all-night walk event in June. The cancer-fighting group's 2013 campaign includes a monthly Bunco night, a softball tournament, and a special event next month featuring the "Catfish King," Marion Kincaid, star of the popular National Geographic TV show, "Mudcats."...

When the Lowell Milken Center opened its doors downtown more than six years ago, the ultimate goal was to have an international impact. The projects the center has worked on during that time celebrate unsung heroes from every part of the world and staff have collaborated with students in many other countries via the internet and video chat...

BRONSON -- Bronson residents will see construction begin soon on their long-awaited public water system, which was approved in February 2012. Goins Enterprises, of Joplin, Mo., is slated to begin construction on the town's water system on March 13, weather permitting...

Bourbon County Commissioners decided Friday during their regular meeting to meet Wednesday, Feb. 20 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., instead of Friday, Feb. 22. The move was made so commissioners would be available as a group to view facilities at Elm Creek Lake that are in need of repair and to assess what else might be done to make the recreational site a more attractive option for visitors...