Stories from Wednesday, March 6, 2013

PITTSBURG -- It may seem a little early -- okay, maybe a lot early -- to hold a pre-season media conference for high-school baseball and softball. But at least one Southeast Kansas League team starts its season next week, so league coaches met at Watco Industries here Monday for a conference hosted by KSEK-FM radio...

SALINA -- Fort Scott Community College's women saw their season end here Saturday in the first round of the Region VI Division II Tournament. However, it did not end with a whimper. The Greyhounds shot 50 percent from the field, dished 25 assists and freshman Malori Gales scored a season-high 27 points but Brown Mackie came away with a 90-75 victory...

Fort Scott gets first playoff victory since 1969

Tigers' season ends at hands of Anderson County

With the aid of six free throws by Katren Rienbolt during the final 1:06 Saturday night, Fort Scott High's girls claimed the school's first Sub-State title since 2008 by beating top-seeded Frontenac, 47-41, in the Class 4A Sub-State Tournament championship game in front of a raving crowd of true believers at the place that's become known as the Tigerdome...

SALINA -- Fort Scott Community College's best season in seven seasons came to an end Tuesday night as Brown Mackie, the top seed in the Region VI Division II Tournament and ranked seventh in the nation, defeated the Greyhounds, 87-77, in the semifinal round...

Eight members of Fort Scott High School's wrestling team recently received All-Southeast Kansas League honors based on a vote of league coaches. Four Tigers were named to the First Team. They were Tyler Sharp at 120 pounds, Victor Hughes at 138, Jacob Durossette at 145 and John Metcalf at 195...

Local voters got to know where candidates running for various seats in the April 2 election stand on a variety of issues during a candidate forum Tuesday evening at Fort Scott Community College. Sixteen contested candidates for spots on local school boards and the Fort Scott City Commission gave opening and closing statements and answered questions from the public screened by a designated committee during the forum, which was held inside the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the FSCC campus.. ...

The Fort Scott City Commissioners decided Tuesday to spend some money from the 911 fund to provide better communication for emergency responders. Unanimously voting to spend no more than $15,000 on a radio communication repeater system from the 911 budget was the only action the commissioners took during its regular meeting...

Despite a rousing endorsement from the Uniontown Ruritan Club, Randy Rockhold has no intention of pursuing a seat on the Kansas State Board of Education, citing his love for his current positions as USD 235 Superintendent and Uniontown High and Junior High School principal...

Betty Lou O'Dell, age 89, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away peacefully on March 4, 2013, at the Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home. She was born July 14, 1923, in Mulberry, Kan., to Fred and Hazel Roy Lewis. Betty attended both Fort Scott High School and Fort Scott Junior College. ...

Helena Evelyn Ramsey, 92, of Fort Scott, died Monday morning, Feb. 25, 2013 at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born Aug. 2, 1920 in Bourbon, Missouri, the daughter of Forrest Dwight and Marcella Julia (Schulze) Greenfield. The family moved to Bourbon County, Kan. in 1922. Helena attended Garland Elementary School, Fort Scott High School, and Fort Scott Community College, and then taught elementary school in Bourbon County for three years...

Nina Marie Jones, age 92, resident of Fort Scott, died Tuesday, March 05, 2013, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room. Funeral services for Nina Jones will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.