Stories from Friday, January 5, 2018

Evelyn Lucille Reynolds, age 95, former resident of Uniontown, Kan., died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, at Windsor Place, Iola, Kan. She was born on June 5, 1922, in Elgin, Kan., the daughter of Charles C. and Bertie Macher Mumbower. She married Willis J. ...

Jimmie Dale “J. D.” Duren, age 55, a resident of Fort Scott, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, at Mercy Hospital of Fort Scott. He was born March 24, 1962 to Charles Duren and Betty Lou Johnson. He enjoyed playing pool, fishing, and singing karaoke. He loved to cook and smoke meat for his family. J.D. never met a stranger, and was known for his Hawaiian shirts. He was a collector of all things, and would tell people “you never know when you might need that.”...

Douglas Merrill Collins, age 71, a resident of Fort Scott, died Jan. 4, 2018, at the Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, Kan. Father Robert Wachter will conduct funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2017, at the Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church. The Rosary will be prayed at 10:30. ...

People who walk their pets in the downtown area are being urged by city staff to make sure and clean up after their animals. In an effort to help keep city streets, sidewalks, grassy areas, alleys and other areas looking nice and sanitary, city of Fort Scott staff have recently installed two “Poopy Pouch” containers downtown. The boxes dispense plastic bags for feces left by cats and dogs...

Jacqueline Spradling, an attorney from Spring Hill, was chosen Thursday night as the next Bourbon County attorney. At a convention of delegates held at the Fort Scott Livestock Market, members of the Bourbon County Republican Central Committee heard from three interested candidates and voted to elect Spradling as the replacement for former County Attorney Justin Meeks, whose last day in that position was Jan. 2...

Fort Scott Middle School boys’ basketball season got underway Thursday with games against Pittsburg at the FSMS gymnasium. The seventh-grade A team opened the year with a 32-12 loss. Marquinn Johnson had 5 rebounds for the Tigers. Daeson Davidson and Nate Adams each scored 4 points...

ARMA — Meeting for the first time as league rivals for the first time in seven years, host Northeast and visiting Southeast split a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Friday night. Southeast’s girls won the opener, 55-35, while Northeast’s boys took the nightcap, 43-35...

Fort Scott Community College’s men’s basketball team picked up a win over the holiday break without having to play a game. Southeast Community College has forfeited five victories, including a December 8 win over the Greyhounds in Beatrice. Southeast won that game on the court, 70-60...

English’s 26-point outing leads Pitt boys in 79-40 rout