Stories from Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Rolland DeWayne Guder, 65 of Bronson, Kan., passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017 east of Moran. Rolland was born Oct. 19, 1951 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Everett V. and Dollene J. (Talbott) Guder. He graduated from Uniontown High School and joined the Kansas Army National Guard, where he served for two years. ...

Ian Ray “Kirk” Keitzer, age 56, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, April 24, 2017. He was born Sept. 9, 1960, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of James Keitzer and Joyce Smith Keitzer. Kirk grew up in the Brookside area of Kansas City. He attended and graduated from the Kansas City Christian High School in Merriam, Kan., with the Class of 1978. ...

Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday said they want to hear from department heads before making a decision on whether to change the county’s policy for longevity pay. On April 18, Public Works Director Jim Harris asked commissioners to consider making changes to the longevity pay. ...

Republican Party officials in former state Sen. Jake LaTurner’s district are in the process of determining LaTurner’s replacement. Randall Readinger, chairman of the Bourbon County Republican Central Committee, said Tuesday committeemen and committeewomen in the 13th Senate district, which LaTurner represented, “will do the electing” to name LaTurner’s replacement...

The 35th annual Civil War Encampment took place Saturday and Sunday at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. The event included soldiers marching or on horseback, rifles firing and a variety of interpretive programs that illustrated the role Fort Scott played as a major supply base for federal troops during the Civil War...

The Fort Scott Community College baseball team will host the 5 Corners Mini Mart Youth Camp on May 2, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Lions Field with registration at 5 p.m.. The camp is open to students ages 4 through 14. Campers will receive instruction from FSCC’s baseball coaching staff and players on fundamentals including base running, hitting, and throwing. The cost for the camp is $15...

Uniontown’s track team split up Monday with two athletes attending a meet at Oswego that had been postponed earlier in the year. Shalina Harper won girls’ javelin with a mark of 102 feet, 7 inches. She also finished second in both the 800-meter and 1,600-meter runs...

Jesse Moss of Lawrence was named the Most Vaulable Player of the Pechone Stepps All-Star Basketball Game held at Arnold Arena Sunday afternoon, scoring 30 points and handing out 6 assists as he led his White team to a come-from-behond 86-77 win. The girls’ game was not held this season as there were not enough players available...

Fort Scott Community College’s baseball team needs several things to go their way this week if it’s going to have home-field advantage in the first round of the Region VI Tournament. The top four teams in each division play host to a best-of-three series. After splitting with No. 13-ranked Johnson County Sunday at Lions Field, the Greyhounds are two games behind Neosho County for fourth place in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division with the Panthers holding the tie-breaker...

Fort Scott High School’s softball team posted a sweep of Coffeyville at Don Hewett Field Monday night, winning the opener 10-0 and the second game 11-2. The first game ended after five innings on the 10-run rule. The Tigers (6-2 SEK, 8-4 overall) scored 3 runs in the first inning. Emily Hale led off with a single to center field and went on to score on a single by Laine Bohlken. Bohlken later scored on a triple by Karlee Stanley, who in turn scored on a single by Aubrey Ard...

By the time the baseball doubleheader between Paola and Fort Scott High ended at Dave Regan Stadium Monday night, it was about 5 minutes til 11, there had been 50 runs scored and 13 pitchers used. There was also an umpire injury and appearances by two players who were playing their third game of the night...