Stories from Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Frances Rosetta (Quick) Strohm, former resident of Redfield, Kansas, died Nov. 7, 2018, in Tacoma, Wash., at the age of 94. Frances was born in Redfield, Kansas, March 19, 1924, in the large 2-story farm house just outside Redfield where she grew up, the youngest of seven children of Delmon and Nora Quick...

Linda Dobbins Anthony passed away Nov. 9, 2018 at 72 years of age. Linda was born Oct. 12, 1947 to Ray and Darlene (Pulliam) Dobbins. She attended Fort Scott schools, Winfield Scott Elementary, Fort Scott Junior High and Fort Scott High School, from which she graduated in 1964. She later graduated from Fort Scott Community College as an LPN...

The USD 234 Board of Education heard various reports and approved some personnel moves at the board’s Nov. 12 meeting. Business Manager Gina Shelton reported on a sealed bid process to take place for the disposal of the data center at 213 Scott Ave., which currently houses the district’s IT department. She said the building will be sold under sealed bid as the technology center is moving back to the board office at 424 S. Main St...

A Girard man was injured in a one-vehicle accident Monday morning on U.S. Highway 69. Austin Ray Hood, 19, was driving a 2003 Ford F150 pickup south on U.S. 69 when he fell asleep and drove off the west side of the roadway, striking a fence and trees, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol...

City and county officials have established a date to have a contract finalized for a new city-county ambulance service. After spending time in two separate executive sessions Tuesday morning, Bourbon County Commissioners held brief discussion on the ambulance service, which will be called Bourbon County Emergency Medical Services...

ENID, Okla. — Fort Scott Community College’s women split a pair of games against NJCAA Division I teams here over the weekend. Friday, the Greyhounds suffered their first loss of the season to host Northern Oklahoma-Enid, 91-45. Saturday, they beat Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa, 79-72, improving to 6-1 on the season...

Fort Scott Community College’s men held a 12-point halftime lead on their way to an 84-61 walkover of the University of Saint Mary junior varsity at Arnold Arena Monday night. Over the weekend, the Greyhounds (3-5) lost a pair of games versus NJCAA Division I competition at an event in Enid, Okla...

Ronald Gene Tucker, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away Nov. 10, 2018, at the age of 78 in Memphis, Tenn. He was preceded in death by his parents, Crawford Lee Tucker and Edna Lauretta Post Tucker of Fort Scott, his wife of 39 years, Linda Lee Mitchem Tucker of Chanute, and by his brother, Gary Lee Tucker of Memphis, Tenn...