Stories from Friday, June 7, 2013

Mary Laurine Cullison, 86, formerly of Fort Scott, died early Wednesday morning June 5, 2013 at the House at Midland Care in Topeka, Kan. She was born Feb. 27, 1927 in Hays, Kan. the daughter of Aquilinus and Rose (Frank) Leiker. Laurine was a payroll clerk at Payless Shoes, and she was a member of Mater Dei Assumption Catholic Church. ...

Donna Rae Jackson, age 64, Trading Post, Kan., passed away on Monday June 3, 2013 at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan. Visitation was held from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday June 6, 2013 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory Pleasanton Chapel. The family suggests contributions to the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes Association in lieu of flowers and may be left in c/o Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory P.O. ...

Summer baseball and softball is in full swing for Fort Scott Recreational Leagues that include play for youth and adults from T-Ball to Coed. With the girls' Tot T-Ball, the season began May 14. The final games are at 6:15 and 7 June 11. Teams include the Fusion, Cheetahs, Rugrats and Diamond Divas...

Stories of people whose lives have been affected by cancer will be told and community members will gather to support the fight against the deadly disease during the annual Bourbon County Relay for Life June 14 at the Fort Scott Community College walking trail...

Members of a wagon train making its way from Liberal, Mo. and eventually to Fort Scott that call themselves the Midwest Missouri Teamsters call the experience of riding in a wagon train "life at three miles per hour." Nine hearty souls, riding in six covered wagons formed a modern day wagon train that left Liberal, Mo. ...