Stories from Thursday, January 30, 2014

Janet Sue Minter-Klein, age 50, a resident of Garland, Kan., died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room. She was born April 24, 1963, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Byron Minter and Aileen Peay Minter. Janet received a BA in Communications from UMKC. ...

Gary Palmer, director of Development and Alumni Relations at Fort Scott Community College for the last four years, has recently submitted his letter of resignation effective April 1. The FSCC Board of Trustees approved Palmer's separation during Monday's board meeting...

Anyone with concerns about the internet connectivity and the speed of internet in the Fort Scott and Southeast Kansas area is encouraged to attend a meeting to discuss the issue from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 31, in the Duboc Room of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College campus, 2108 S. Horton...

The Bourbon County Senior Citizens, who currently operate Fort Scott's General Public Transportation system, will likely see few if any changes to the city's service area for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from July 2014 to June 2015. However, the Bourbon County Senior Citizens have recently entered into an agreement with the Southeast Kansas Community Action Program (SEK-CAP), allowing SEK-CAP to operate Fort Scott's general public transportation system for the 2015 state fiscal year, and possibly beyond. ...

Author Kathy Manning Gronau will share her experiences as both a cancer survivor and caregiver during an appearance this weekend at Mercy Hospital. Gronau, an author and breast cancer survivor from Girard, will be the guest speaker for the quarterly meeting of the Care to Share cancer support group and The Sharing Bucket organization, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the McAuley Room at Mercy Hospital, 401 Woodland Hills Blvd...

OTTAWA --Fort Scott High School's wrestling team lost both duals in a non-league triangular here Tuesday night. The Tigers lost to Osawatomie, 39-33, and host Ottawa, 45-32. Four Tigers won both their matches in the dual. Jacob Durossette, ranked No. 1 in his weight class in Class 4A by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association, pinned both Osawatomie's John Deideker and Ottawa's Sam Carver at 145 pounds to improve to 20-2 on the season...

Hesston takes advantage of 17-0 first-half run to down FSCC women