Stories from Tuesday, October 21, 2014

William Lyle "Bill" Miller, 88, of Fort Scott, died Sunday afternoon at the Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. He was born June 4, 1926 in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Lloyd and Pauline (Paquette) Miller. He attended school in Fort Scott and entered the U.S. ...

Bourbon County Commissioners on Monday gave Public Works Director Jim Harris permission to sell three dump trucks and possibly buy one replacement. Harris will list the three older trucks, purchased from the state, on an online auction service. One has 525,000 miles on it, and two have 450,000 miles on them. Two of the trucks do not run, and the third has water in the oil and is not expected to last much longer, Harris said...

Hunter Hawley, 13, an eighth-grader at Fort Scott Middle School participated in wearing boots on Monday for Red Ribbon Week at the school. Monday was "Give drugs the boot" day, when students were encouraged to wear boots. Other themes are: today, "Team up against drugs!" favorite team shirt; Wednesday, "Like, drugs are so not cool" 80s clothing; Thursday, "Say good-night to drugs!" favorite school-appropriate pajama pants; and Friday, "I pinkie-promise not to use drugs!" pink in support of breast cancer awareness, or black to black out drugs. ...

Fort Scott Community College Interim President Dick Hedges told the board of trustees Monday evening, "There is some good stuff and not-so-good stuff." The "good stuff" is there were 325 students on campus for a math contest Thursday, Hedges said. "You get 325 people to come to your campus and spend some time, you are reaching out to the right people," Hedges said. ...

Candidates for local county offices sounded off on issues ranging from a new jail facility and fighting drugs, to plans for economic development during a public forum Monday night. The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the forum, which took place inside the commons area of Fort Scott High School. ...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown Junior High's volleyball team wrapped up the season with games against Jayhawk Junior High here Thursday. The seventh-grade team lost in three sets; the eighth grade fell in two. The seventh graders finished with a 6-1 league record...

RICHMOND -- Uniontown's volleyball team ran into a buzz saw of a tournament at Central Heights here Saturday, dropping outings to the hosts, Erie, Kansas City Chritsitan and Osawatomie. Uniontown fell to 13-19 with one regular-season triangular remaining tonight at home...

GARNETT -- Fort Scott High School volleyball finished in fourth place at the Anderson County Invitational here Saturday afternoon as the Tigers closed out regular-season play. Fort Scott (20-16) defeated Iola, 25-14, 25-19, in the first round of pool play. Ashley Cook had 7 kills, 6 assists and 7 digs for the Tigers. Elisha Hasenplaugh added 5 kills. Abi Keating handed out 10 assists and served 4 aces. Katie Gorman came up with 18 digs...

WINFIELD -- Fort Scott High junior Jennifer Harrison didn't have as long of a stay at the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament as she would have liked here this past weekend, going 0-2. But she finished the season with a record of 22-14 and will be back next season in a quest to qualify all four years of her high-school career...

LEES SUMMIT, Mo. -- Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team, which broke back into the NJCAA Division II poll this week at No. 20 after spending one week out, swept Longview here Friday night but stuffing the Lakers at the net. The Greyhounds (26-5) were credited with 28 blocks in the match, which they won 25-23, 25-15, 25-19, while Longview had only 12...

GARDEN CITY -- Fort Scott Community College defensive coordinator Jeff Kelly was passed up for the then-vacant head coaching position at Garden City after last season. So in May, Kelly settled in at FSCC. The Greyhounds have not exactly been a defensive juggernaut this season. ...

Stephanie Renee Beerbower, age 41, resident of Fort Scott, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin Mo. Funeral arrangements for Stephanie Beerbower will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.