Stories from Tuesday, June 23, 2015

A Fort Scott man was air-lifted following a one-vehicle motorcycle accident Sunday night near Fort Scott Lake. According to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash log, 46-year-old Johnny Speer, Jr., was injured in an accident that took place about 7:30 p.m. on 190th Road about 400 feet south of Indian Road at the west entrance of the lake...

An area of Don and Beverly Malone's backyard is awash in shades of pink. Part of the backyard garden feature is this birdbath which serves as a planter. Their garden was one of four featured in the Bourbon County Garden Club Secret Tour held Saturday...

Alysia Johnston's first board meeting as president of Fort Scott Community College was a long one Monday night -- almost three hours. Most of the debate was on the policy that allows outside groups to serve alcohol on the FSCC campus. In an April special meeting the trustees agreed to allow two wedding receptions, one in June and one in August, to go on as planned, complete with alcoholic beverages as reported in an earlier Tribune story...

Echoes of the Trails co-founders Johnny Kendrick, left, and Arnold Schofield, right, present Gary Hawk, center with a plaque Saturday during the cowboy poetry portion of the two-day event. The plaque was given in appreciation of Hawk's support throughout the 19 years the Echoes of the Trail Cowboy Gathering has been held. ...

Carol Deanette Durbin, 67, of Fort Scott, died Saturday Morning, June 20, 2015 at the Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Mo. She was born in La Cygne, Kan., on Sept. 24, 1947 the daughter of Russell Stokes and Beatrice Imogene Willis Merriman. She married Ronald R. Durbin on Oct. 9, 1965 in Fort Scott, he preceded her in death on April 15, 2010...

Evert Eugene "Gene" Bruner, age 74, passed away Friday, June 19, 2015, at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. He was born April 13, 1941, in Uniontown, Kan., the son of Homer and Dortha Hartman Bruner. He graduated from Uniontown High School in 1958. ...

Emory Rubin Arnold, age 98, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, June 21, 2015, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. He was born May 28, 1917, in Roxbury, Kan., the son of Robert and Katie Arnold. He graduated from Pleasanton High School. He married LaVon Geisler on March 17, 1939, at Girard, Kan. ...

It was not a pretty night for Fort Scott American Legion Post 25's baseball team at Dave Regan Stadium Monday night as visiting Burlington Post 38 posted run-rule victories in both games of a doubleheader. Burlington won the opener 13-4 in four innings after the 8-run rule kicked in. Just three innings were played in the nightcap, which was originally scheduled for five, with Burlington winning 12-0...