Stories from Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Virginia Marie “Ginger” Thomas, age 95, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She is survived by her three children, Lloyd Howser and wife, Judy, of Fort Scott, Mary Ann Dykstra, of Bella Vista, Ark., and Jeannette M. Lovejoy and husband, Jerry, of Roseville, Calif.; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren...

Glen Allen Pearson Sr. age 79, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., went to be with the Lord Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 at the Mercy Hospital. He was born on Oct. 18, 1938 in Wichita, Kan., the son of Martin and Manda Bell Pearson (Leopard). Glen served in the United States Navy from 1956 to 1962 aboard the U.S.S. ...

Charles William Tracy, age 68, a resident of Haysville, Kan., passed away Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kan. He was born June 29, 1949, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Herbert W. Tracy and Loleta May Workman Tracy. Charles had worked as a mechanic. He enjoyed racing and collecting model cars as well as going to auctions. He also enjoyed riding his trike...

Clara Mae Barnes, age 65, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017, at her home. There was cremation. Private family services will take place at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the Clara Barnes Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

The Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday learned installing an audio system inside the new Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center may not be as costly as they imagined – if a test proves to be successful. Shane Walker, Bourbon County Information Technology director met with commissioners during a jail progress meeting and discussed the possibility of installing a microphone system in the jail without going to the expense of removing portions of the ceilings and walls to install wiring through additional conduit.. ...

Although the name has changed, a local program to combat poverty in Bourbon County continues to have the same goals. Next Steps, formerly called Circles, is a program designed to assist people in poverty change their circumstances. One of the main goals of the program is to find employment for participants, according to Jean Tucker, program coordinator...

The season came to an end Monday night for Fort Scott Middle School girls’ basketball as the Tigers hosted Parsons. There were three games. The evening began with a “C” game won by the Tigers, 26-13. No details were provided. The seventh-grade “A” team defeated Parsons, 33-14, to finish the season with a record of 11-5. Sydney Herrin led the Tigers with 11 points, 8 rebounds and 4 steals. Ava Witt also had 8 rebounds as did Jescie Comstock. Jaden Lorcher also picked up 4 steals...

GARNETT —A pair of Uniontown wrestlers took third place in their respective brackets at the Anderson County Invitational here Saturday. Graham Hathaway finished in third place in the 312-pound division. In his pool matches, he went 2-1 to advance to the championship round. He took an 11-3 major decision over Jonathan Bownes of Jayhawk-Linn in his first match and pinned Dominic Ireland of Anderson County in his second. Jose Parades of Carbondale-Santa Fe Trail won the final match by pin...

Fort Scott High’s boys won the championship of their home junior varsity basketball tournament with a 3-0 record after winning two games Saturday. In the morning, the Tigers defeated Louisburg, 49-35, with Jacob DeLaTorre scoring 15 points and Nick King putting in 11. In the afternoon, Fort Scott beat Frontenac, 53-39. Trey Brown led the Tigers with 13 points...

EUDORA — Daeven Caldwell, Ben Daniels and Kyle Montojo each earned medals at the Eudora Tournament of Champions here Saturday. Daniels finished fourth at 220 pounds, He drew a first-round bye then took a 3-2 decision over Riley Smith of Atchison in the quarterfinals. In the semis, Keegan Crotchett of Spring Hill, the eventual bracket champion, pinned Daniels in the first period...

LIBERAL, Mo. — Northeast’s varsity teams dropped both ends of a non-league doubleheader here Monday night. Viking girls fell to Liberal, 48-37, while the boys lost, 70-34. Fouls and turnovers are still problems for Northeast girls (1-3), who have lost three in a row. The Vikings have only attempted 31 free throws in four games while their opponents have shot 105 charity tosses...

UNIONTOWN — St. Paul’s basketball teams, both ranked in Class 1A-Division I in this week’s Kansas Basketball Coaches Association poll, posted a sweep of Uniontown in Three Rivers League play here Tuesday night, dashing the Eagles’ home openers. St. Paul girls (2-0 TRL, 4-0 overall), who are ranked No. 9, led 31-1 at the half on their way to a 51-7 win over the Eagles (0-2, 0-5). No other details were available at press time...

BEATRICE, Neb. — Fort Scott Community College’s basketball teams split games versus Central-Columbus on the second day of the Southeast (Neb.) Classic here Saturday. As was the case on Friday night versus host Southeast, Greyhound women won their game while the men lost their’s...

CHANUTE — Fort Scott High’s basketball teams each got their first victories of the season here Tuesday night as they swept Chanute in Southeast Kansas League play. Tiger girls (1-0 SEK, 1-3 overall) won 65-51, taking control in the second half when they outscored the Blue Comets 21-10 in the third quarter...