Stories from Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Kevin Dean Beard, age 52, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, March 29, 2010, at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He was born Feb. 18, 1958, in Roswell, New Mexico, the son of James Beard and Zelma Ruth Ingle Beard. Kevin served with the United States Army from 1976 to 1980...

Raymond Loring Flanner went home to be with the Lord, March 30, 2010 at 6:50 a.m. He was born Oct. 21, 1917 at Stillwell, (Johnson County) Kan., the son of Hobart and Pearl (Green) Flanner. He married Alice E. Benedict on Dec. 26, 1941 at her parents' home in rural Fort Scott...

Radford Linzy Barr, 84, of Mound City, Kan., died Monday, March 29, 2010 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kan. Services will be held at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, April 1, 2010 at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Pleasanton, Kan. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Wednesday at the chapel...

NEVADA -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team won seven of nine matches in the old-school nine-match format dual held here Monday. Fort Scott's varsity won five of the six singles matches and two of the three doubles matches. Nevada turned the tables in junior varsity competition, winning all four singles matches while Fort Scott won the lone doubles match...

Although this was going to be a tough tournament, things didn't go the Tigers' way when they hosted their annual season-opening Fort Scott Tournament at Don Hewett Field Tuesday night. Three errors by a young team hurt the Tigers in the semifinal against Pittsburg, leading to a 4-3 victory for the rival Purple Dragons...

Offices of the City of Fort Scott will be closed Friday in observance of Good Friday. Offices will reopen Monday.

Bourbon County is continuing the process of developing a Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan. This mitigation plan will be the blueprint for reducing property damage and saving lives from the effects of future natural disasters in Bourbon County. ...

Panel does not have voting power, discussing pros and cons of idea which is still in preliminary stages