Stories from Friday, November 8, 2013

Fort Scott Middle School's interscholastic girls' basketball program returned with a flourish Thursday night as the Tigers took all four games from Iola at the FSMS gymnasium. The evening opened with an 8-2 win by the seventh-grade "B" team. Then the seventh-grade "A" team took a 28-10 decision. ...

Eleven local agencies were awarded a total of $10,110 at the annual Fort Scott Area Community Foundation (FSACF) award presentation in conjunction with the weekly Chamber of Commerce coffee on Thursday. "The funding for the annual grants is derived from interest earned from the general endowed fund of the Fort Scott Area Community Foundation. ...

The St. Anne's Altar Society will conduct a fundraiser Sunday to benefit St. Mary's Catholic School and the Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church. The annual St. Mary's Fall Bizarre is scheduled to take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at the Kennedy Gymnasium, located at 705 S. Holbrook behind the church and school...

The trees in Bourbon County have been vibrant with fall colors in recent days. The weather will continue to be mile, with no rain in the forecast for the next few days.

Mild weather brought many holiday shoppers to Historic Downtown Fort Scott Thursday evening for the annual Holiday Open House.

Fred Allen Prettyman, 74, of Nevada, Mo., died Tuesday evening, Nov. 5, 2013, at Via Christi Medical Center in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born Aug. 31, 1939 in Mulberry, Kan., the son of Fred William and Annabelle Lois Portwood Prettyman. He married Connie Hanna on July 7, 1957 in Fort Scott, Kan. She survives of the home...

Robert L. "Bob" Vaccaro, 76, of Fort Scott, died early Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 at Mercy Hospital. 
Rev. Scott Moore will conduct funeral services of Bob 11 a.m. Monday Nov. 11, 2013 at the Fort Scott Church of the Nazarene with burial following at the Evergreen Cemetery under the direction of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Sunday evening Nov. 10, 2013 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Complete obit will appear in Saturday's edition of the Tribune...

June Marie Holt Brumbaugh passed away on July 2, 2013. June will be honored if you will come in celebration of her life with her family and friends at 11 a.m. on Nov. 10, 2013 at Deerfield Cemetery, Deerfield, Mo. After service, there will be a dinner with family and friends, behind the Deerfield Post Office. That was her wish...