Stories from Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Fort Scott Community College's softball team absorbed four losses in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play over the weekend. In a pair of doubleheaders played at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex, the Greyhounds were swept by No. 6 Cowley Saturday, 4-0 and 16-6, and Coffeyville Sunday, 14-6, 9-6...

Fort Scott Community College's baseball team was swept by Independence Saturday at Lions Field in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader. The Pirates won the opener 8-0 and the second game 9-4. The Greyhounds, who were 8-2 prior to the start of conference play, are now 4-16 in the East, just one game ahead of last-place Allen, and 14-20 overall. ...

For the first two innings of the season opener Monday afternoon, things were going OK for Fort Scott High's baseball team. On a windy day at Lions Field, the game with Nevada was scoreless after two innings. Then the clouds started to move in. And as the sky became gloomier, so did the Tigers' day as Nevada went on to score all their runs in the next three innings of what finished as a run-rule 11-0 rout...

Lawrence Herrmann, age 85, of Moran, Kan., passed away on Monday, March 31, 2014, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 4, 2014, at the Kincaid Selma United Methodist Church in Kincaid, Kan. Burial will follow in the Kincaid Cemetery. Family will greet friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday evening at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service chapel in Moran, Kan.Condolences may be sent to the family at www.feuerbornfuneral.com...

Helen G. Dumm, 101, of Girard, died at 4:35 a.m., Monday, March 31, 2014 in the Heritage Nursing Home in Girard. She was born Jan. 13, 1913 in Cherokee, Kan., a daughter of Carl and Emma (Armstrong) Ausemus. She grew up in the Hiattville, Kan., area...

Wanda M. Vaughn, 86, of Nevada, Mo., died Sunday, March 23, 2014, at the Christian Health Care Facility in Nevada, Mo. Memorial services will be 3 p.m., Sunday, April 6, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, at 1408 N. Washington St., in Nevada. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of the Midland Cremation Society, Joplin, Mo...

Saundra L. Harper, 57, former photographer for Olan-Mills, went to walk with the Lord March 29, 2014. She is preceded in death by her beloved sister, Bonnie Harper; loving mother, LeIva Harper; treasured grandchildren; Emma Reed and Skyy Wetta, and caring step-mother: Mildred Harper. ...

Jerry Bowen Shows, age 65, resident of Arcadia, Kan., died Saturday, March 29, 2014, at his home. He was born Feb. 4, 1949, in Houston, Texas, the son of William Harvey and Mildred Lucille Porche Shows. After high school, he served our country in the United States Navy. ...

The Fort Scott High School debate, forensics, and choir departments are hosting a fundraiser play, "Bang, Bang, You're Dead." Performances are April 4 at 7 p.m. and April 6 at 2 p.m. in the high school auditorium. There are also two shows for the students...

After spending Sunday and Monday afternoons battling grass fires that got out of control, Fire District 3 Commander Delwin Mumbower reminds residents to call the Fort Scott Police Department Dispatch at (620) 223-1700 to determine if conditions are right for burning...

Four employees with the Bourbon County Public Works department received promotions Monday when the county commissioners met for their regular meeting. Commissioners voted on March 17 to adjust the pay schedule and add supervisor positions for the ditching crew, brides and culverts, hard-surface roads and projects to be paid on the same level as a maintenance-IV employee...

A variety of projects - ranging from street and sidewalk improvements, to park upgrades and repairs, as well as various studies and developments - are on the slate this year for the city of Fort Scott. Major projects on tap for 2014 include the widening of U.S. Highway 69 and improvements to that highway's intersections with 23rd Street and 18th Street and South National Ave., as well as curb, street and sidewalk improvements along National Avenue from Sixth to 13th streets...