Stories from Thursday, January 15, 2009

When teams don't win the turnover battle, more often than not, they don't win games. Fort Scott Community College's men came within moments of defying the odds in a low-scoring game. But one last steal by Michael Craion preserved a 50-48 win for visiting Independence in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play at Arnold Arena Wednesday night...

The plan wasn't for Kylie Shepard to take the shot that held up as the game-winning three-pointer in Wednesday night's Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division game at Arnold Arena. But when the ball came to her, the Uniontown High School graduate stepped up and swished the big shot with 5.5 seconds remaining...

Raymond Michael "Mikey" McAdams, 37, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away at 7:04 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born November 1, 1971, at Pittsburg, Kan., the son of George Earl and Mary Lorene (Renn) McAdams. He attended special education classes in Chanute, Fredonia, and Pittsburg, Kan...

Funeral services for William "Bill" Saker will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 16, in the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the Centerville Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Meals on Wheels or Mirza Transportation Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of sympathy may be e-mailed to the family at condolences@cheneywitt.com...

Lance Tyler Haley and Kayla Jena Woodall, Fort Scott, are proud to announce the birth of their sons Lance Tyler Haley and Mason Tyler Haley. The twins were born on Jan. 12 at 9:11 p.m. at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. Lance weighed 1 pound 12 ounces at birth, and Mason weighed 1 pound 5 ounces at birth...

Crest's boys and Jayhawk-Linn's girls, both undefeated on the season, are the top seeds at the annual Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament, which will be held Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of next week. Jayhawk-Linn's girls will face Uniontown in a first-round match-up of area teams Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Pleasanton's north gym. Host Pleasanton girls are the No. 4 seed and face Northeast-Arma at 5:30 in the north gym...