Stories from Thursday, February 20, 2014

Fort Scott Firefighters presented a demonstration on fire safety Wednesday to Joyce Davenport's Fort Scott High School Culinary Essentials class. Members of the Fort Scott Fire Department set up a kitchen prop at the high school practice field to demonstrate a potential fire hazard. ...

A local man was sent to the hospital after his motorcycle was struck by another vehicle in an accident late Tuesday. Fort Scott Police Department Capt. Shaun West said police responded shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday to a two-vehicle accident that occurred at the intersection of Wall and Caldwell streets...

Red flags have been raised by some Bourbon County veterans after the USD 234 accepted a recent gift donated by two local companies. On Feb. 13, USD 234 board members in a special meeting, and by a vote of 5-1, approved the acceptance of a large United States flag, which includes a display case at the top prominently featuring the names of two local companies, Skitch's, Inc., and Twister Trailer. ...

Construction workers from Lathrop Construction of Nevada, Mo., began laying pipe Tuesday for Uniontown's water system improvement project. Work began on Maple Road, near Kansas Highway 3 and is going east to the city's eastern limit. Standard procedure for comments or questions regarding the project should be directed to the city office, Jack Lathrop of Lathrop Construction said. Workers will work from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday...

Ancel C. "Andy" Johnson, Age 68, a resident of rural Fort Scott, died Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, at his home. Funeral services for Andy Johnson Will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Edwin E. Helton, age 97, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, at Guest Home Estates. He was born March 11, 1916, in Yuma, Colo., the son of James E. and Minnie A. Foote Helton. He married Hettie Mae Beattie on Sept. 10, 1934, in Stratton, Colo. They were married for 73 years before she preceded him in death on Nov. 11, 2007. He worked most of his life farming and ranching in rural Fort Scott. He enjoyed baseball, fishing, trail riding, and hunting elk in Colorado...

Fort Scott High School's freshmen boys' basketball team has split in two games played so far this week. Monday night, the Tigers picked up a 66-47 win at Iola. Kaleb Ashe led with 25 points and Grant Goldston added 14. Tuesday night at Parsons, the Tigers fell to the home squad 63-35. Brady Tourtillott scored 14 points for Fort Scott...

Fort Scott Middle Schools boys' basketball teams won three of four games Tuesday night as they closed out the season against Parsons at the FSMS gymnasium. The night began with a 25-22 win for the seventh-grade "B" team, which finished the season 3-5. The Tigers rallied from a 19-14 deficit after three quarters...

BUFFALO -- Uniontown's boys drubbed winless Altoona-Midway, 68-22, here Tuesday night in Three Rivers League play. The Eagles led 12-7 after one period and increased the margin to 35 points at the half after a 30-point second quarter. "I was very pleased with how we bounced back from a tough game (Monday) night," Uniontown head coach Jeremy Neville said. ...

Malori Gales is the only sophomore on Fort Scott Community College's women's basketball team this season. She's also the leading scorer in Region VI Division II. And lately, opponents have been playing some tremendously-tough defense on her. But late in the second half against Hesston at Arnold Arena Wednesday night, the former Lyndon Tiger found her stroke. ...

Fort Scott Community College's men rolled over Hesston, 92-59, in a Region VI Division II seeding game at Arnold Arena Wednesday night, pushing them a bit closer to their goal of hosting a first-round playoff game. Brown Mackie helped out the Greyhounds by beating Highland on the road, 64-63. The results gave Fort Scott, Hesston and Highland the same record in region play, 4-4...

Fort Scott High's junior varsity boys' basketball team picked up two wins earlier this week.