Stories from Friday, April 19, 2013

Jimmy Ray Fleming, age 70 of La Cygne, died April 17, 2013 at the Life Care Nursing Home in Osawatomie. Pastor Roger Robertson will conduct the service with Bob Curry presenting the special music at 10 a.m. Tuesday April, 23, 2013 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory La Cygne Chapel. ...

Fort Scott Community College's Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division softball doubleheader scheduled for Thursday at Cowley College has been rescheduled for Sunday 1 p.m. This doubleheader will now be the final games of the regular season for the Greyhounds, who are 1-23 in the division and 2-30 overall...

About 60 agricultural agents from across Kansas converged on Fort Scott this week for the Kansas Association of County Agricultural Agents Spring Workshop. This year, Bourbon County hosted the annual event, in which attendees talk agriculture, view presentations on relevant topics, and take professional improvement tours to learn more about agricultural operations in the region...

Three Fort Scott Community College sophomores have recently signed letters of intent to continue their volleyball careers at four-year schools. Ali Cure, from Baxter Springs, has signed with Central Methodist University in Fulton, Mo. Ashley Bell, Moreno Valley, Calif., has signed with Pittsburg State. Taylyn Schwartz, Eureka, has signed with the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Okla...

Fort Scott Community College's men's and women's basketball teams will host the third annual Pechone Stepps All-Star Games for high-school seniors Sunday afternoon at Arnold Arena. The women's game will begin at 1 p.m. and the men's game will follow at 3 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students...

Jake Lattimer, a 2007 graduate of Fort Scott High School, has signed to play indoor football with the Salina Bombers of the Champions Professional Indoor Football League. The CPIFL is in its first season of play as are the Bombers, but the league does include teams that have played in other leagues in the past, such as the Wichita Wild and Kansas Koyotes (Topeka)...

Almost two weeks after a large storm hammered the area with damaging hail and strong winds, city officials continue the process of helping citizens recover and get repairs made to their homes, businesses and vehicles. A severe wind and hail storm that struck the area early the evening of April 7 caused damage to homes, cars and businesses across the county and drew numerous contractors, roofers, insurance adjusters and other companies to town seeking business...

Sara M. Gort and Turner L. Harrison, Fort Scott, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Addalyn Jane Harrison, at 4:57 a.m. Thursday, April 18, 2013, at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. Addalyn weighed 8 pounds, 10 1/2 ounces and measured 22 1/2 inches in length at birth...