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James R. "Red" Stradley
(Obituary ~ 09/17/16)
James R. "Red" Stradley, age 83, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Sept. 15 at Ft. Scott Mercy Hospital. He was born on March 18, 1933, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Jesse and Addie Michaels Stradley. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1951. ... -
Homecoming royalty at Uniontown
(Local News ~ 09/17/16)
The Uniontown Homecoming King and Queen were crowned Friday night in the high school gym because of the threat of continued rain. Haley O'Neal is the queen and Cale Coyan is the king. -
Car from childhood is basis for sculptor's work
(Local News ~ 09/17/16)
A childhood memory of Paula Blincoe Collins has taken physical form. Collins, a potter and sculptor who is from Bourbon County and now living in Texas, returned home briefly Thursday with her creation -- a full-scale sculpted replica of the 1940 Pontiac from her childhood... -
FSMS 7th grade beats Roosevelt; 8th graders stormed out
(Community Sports ~ 09/17/16)
Fort Scott Middle School's seventh-grade football team defeated visiting Coffeyville-Roosevelt, 36-16, at Frary Field Thursday evening behind the effort of Scott Tome. Tome rushed for 236 yards for the Tigers (1-1), had a 75-yard punt return and scored a 2-point conversion. His first play of the game from scrimmage was an 80-yard touchdown run...
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Eagle volleyball sweeps at Riverton
(High School Sports ~ 09/17/16)
RIVERTON -- Uniontown's volleyball team swept through a gauntlet of bigger schools from the CNC League here Thursday night, winning all three matches. The big match of the night was a three-set win over Columbus, 25-23, 25-27, 25-19. Keely Goodridge and Jimme Keller each served 4 aces for the Eagles (11-3). Holly Shinn recorded 17 kills...
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Madison 4th in Galena tourney
(High School Sports ~ 09/17/16)
JOPLIN -- Fort Scott High's Lauren Madison medaled in her third consecutive outing here Thursday as she finished in fourth play at the Galena Invitational, held at Schifferdecker Golf Course here. Madison took fourth with her score of 51, her highest finish of the season. Maggie Moody of Frontenac was the individual medalist with a score of 40...
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Tigers go 2-1 at road quad
(High School Sports ~ 09/17/16)
OSAWATOMIE -- Fort Scott High School's varsity volleyball team won two of three matches at a non-league quadrangular here Thursday. The Tigers opened with a 25-10, 25-13 win over Osawatomie, then defeated Prairie View, 25-12, 25-23. In the final match of the day, Louisburg, ranked No. 9 in Class 4A-Division I in the latest Kansas Volleyball Association poll, took a 25-18, 25-15 sweep...
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Fort Scott girls win team title at Wellsville
(High School Sports ~ 09/17/16)
WELLSVILLE -- Fort Scott High's varsity and junior varsity girls each won team titles here Thursday at the Wellsville Cross-Country Invitational, scoring 45 team points to beat Eudora for by 8 points. The Tigers were led by Paxsten Eads, who finished fifth with a time of 22:12.48 over five kilometers. Although two Eudora girls finished ahead of her, the Tigers as a team had better finishes...
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Eagles roll to Homecoming victory
(High School Sports ~ 09/17/16)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown posted its second shutout of the season here Friday night as the Eagles celebrated Homecoming with a 25-0 victory over Northeast in Three Rivers League play. The Eagles (1-1 TRL, 2-1 overall) opened the season with a 54-0 shutout of Southeast in a non-league game but fell to defending league champion Jayhawk-Linn last week on the road, 40-0... -
Rushing game powers Tigers
(High School Sports ~ 09/17/16)
Fewell leads Fort Scott in win over Chanute with 2nd-highest rushing total in 20 years
