Stories from Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Kelsey Gordon, 19, passed away on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Services for Kelsey will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 6, at the Osage City Baptist Temple. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Burial will be at the Goodrich Cemetery east of Garnett. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kelsey Gordon Memorial Fund, sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, Kan. 66451...

Marilyn Dee Culp, age 80, formerly of Fort Scott and more recently of Bronaugh, Mo., died Monday, March 3rd, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada, Mo. She was born April 30, 1933, the daughter of John Clark and Ruth Elsie Lewis Vermillion. ...

After hearing from swim team enthusiasts of various ages, the Fort Scott City Commission moved forward Tuesday with replacing the starting blocks at the Fort Scott Aquatic Center. Commissioners heard from various supporters of the Fort Scott Hurricanes swim team, including young swimmers who were present to state their case for the need for new blocks at the pool...

A case of a Bourbon County man who was convicted of indecent liberties with a child five years ago was dismissed Monday. In December, the Kansas Supreme Court ordered a retrial for Derek Holt because a former Bourbon County District Court reporter failed to record "critical" parts of Holt's first trial...

One hundred Fort Scott students ran, jumped and threw to compete in the regional Special Olympics this spring. The USD 234 Special Olympics took place Tuesday at Fort Scott Middle School. "It is so worth all the hard work we put into it. To see the smile on faces of children that struggle every day is priceless," Jannah Farrington, one of the event's organizers, said...

Between 1970 and 2012, Fort Scott Community College's men's basketball program lost 21 consecutive playoff games. As of Tuesday night, the Greyhound men's program has won two of its last three playoff games. The second-seeded Greyhounds dominated sixth-seeded Kansas City Kansas in the first half of an 82-65 victory in the semifinals of the Region VI Division II Tournament at Arnold Arena...