Stories from Friday, October 2, 2020

Ruby Lorene Pointer, age 73, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. Memorial service will be 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to service time at the Pleasanton Chapel. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Contributions are suggested to Children's Mercy Hospital, in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 525, Pleasanton, KS 66075...

Richard “Wayne” Cowen, 70, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday afternoon, Oct. 1, 2020, at Country Place Memory Care Center. He was born July 18, 1950, in Fort Scott, the son of Glenn Richard and Freda Elaine (Bentley) Cowen. He married Beverly Jean Ballou on March 13, 1993, in Fort Scott, and she survives of the home...

The Fort Scott Tigers stayed undefeated after battling to a 14-8 victory over the Labette County Grizzlies Friday night at Frary Field. Following a two-week layoff in which the Tigers were quarantined due to a positive COVID-19 test on the football team, Fort Scott returned to the gridiron to notch a narrow win over their SEK League foe and jump to 3-0 on the season...