Stories from Saturday, September 20, 2014

Emergency response personnel are pictured in the north-bound lane of U.S. 69 at the 12th Street intersection where an SUV and a semi truck collided late Friday afternoon. Traffic was restricted in the area until almost 7 p.m. The Tribune will have a complete report when it is available...

Bourbon County Commissioners discussed office shuffling but made no decisions during their Friday meeting. Register of Deeds Lora Holdridge attended the meeting to ask if commissioners had a chance to consider her wish to move her office from the second floor of the Bourbon County Courthouse to the county's old tag office on the first floor. Holdridge asked commissioners if they've had an opportunity to "check out" the first floor office for a possible move...

Fort Scott National Historic Site employees pick up the flags from the Symbols of Sacrifice Field of Honor Friday. Volunteers had planned to help removed the Thursday, but the flags were too wet after an overnight rain. The nearly 7,000 flags, representing those who have died in the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, were on display as part of Symbols of Sacrifice, an event organized by Friends of the Fort...

A former Bourbon County Clerk's Office employee pleaded guilty Friday afternoon in Bourbon County District Court to three counts she faced related to a 2013 incident involving theft from the county. Bourbon County District Judge Mark Ward presided over an arraignment and felony plea hearing concerning Angela Timi, 29, of Fort Scott, who was arrested Feb. 27 on multiple charges of criminal use of a financial card, forgery, making false information, misuse of public funds and theft by deception...

Ida Lee Daniels, 89, Nevada, Mo., passed away Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014 at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. The family will receive friends from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Graveside services will follow at 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014 at the Deerfield Cemetery in Deerfield, Mo., with Rev. Hubert Fox officiating...

Michael H. Erie Sr., age 76, resident of Fort Scott, died Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the Joplin Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. He was born May 10, 1938, in Stotesbury, Mo., the son of Henry John "Skeet" Erie and Winifred Marie Sheehy Erie. Mike married Edna Gile on May 7, 1959, in Miami, Okla. ...

Sara Borthick Gilmore, 86, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away peacefully in La Veta, Colo., on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. She was born Dec. 15, 1927 in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Gola Hiram and Georgia Lee (Needham) Roberts. In 1947, she married Gilbert Borthick, who passed away in 1988. In 1992, she married Warren Gilmore, who passed away in 2003...

PITTSBURG -- Uniontown golfers took the top three spots in the Raider Rookie Invitational, hosted by Frontenac here Wednesday. Frontenac and Fort Scott, both Class 4A programs, entered junior varsity teams. The Eagles brought a mix of varsity players and newcomers...

Fort Scott High School's golf team finished second at the Galena Invitational, which was held at Joplin's Schifferdecker Golf Course Thursday, shooting a season-best four-woman, nine-hole score of 224. The Tigers also had three medalists. "That is 24 strokes better than at the opening tournament at home," Fort Scott head coach Karen Curran said. ...

Fort Scott High School's tennis team juggled its lineup a little bit at the a round-robin tournament at Independence Tuesday and saw Jennifer Harrison come away from the day with a perfect 4-0 record in No. 1 singles. "Jennifer had a solid day, probably playing some of her best and most consistent tennis of the season," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "She stroked the ball well today, and for the most part played with the patience she needs to be successful."...

WELLSVILLE -- Fort Scott High junior Cassidy Westhoff won the varsity race at the Wellsville Invitational here Thursday, bettering the runner-up mark by roughly a minute and a half. Not bad considering that at the beginning of the day, she was preparing to race at Cherryvale...

PITTSBURG -- Pittsburg posted its first shutout of Fort Scott High since 1985 Friday night as the Purple Dragons took control of the Southeast Kansas League with a 41-0 victory at Hutchinson Field. It's the first time the Tigers have been shut out in a regular-season game since the 2008 season, when Independence claimed a 20-0 victory. Pittsburg posted a 36-0 win over Fort Scott in 1985...