Stories from Saturday, January 28, 2012

Carolyn S. Ewing, 68, Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Nevada, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at her home in Fort Scott. She was born March 25, 1943, in Nevada, to Roy E. Jones and Lena V. Schmidt Jones. Carolyn was raised in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School in 1961. ...

Paul Ernest Pitts, 85, formerly of Uniontown, Kan., more recently of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at Fort Scott Medicalodges. He was born Jan. 2, 1927, in Jerico Springs, Mo., the son of Clarence F. "Jack" Pitts and Mary Pearl Jenkins Pitts. He graduated from Arcadia High School with the class of 1944. He married Marjorie Earlene Rogers on Jan. 2, 1947, in Fort Scott...

Chester Carpenter, 77, resident of Richards, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, Kan. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan.

Melvin N. Kithcart, 88, of Rich Hill, Mo., died Jan. 26, 2012, at the Willow Lane Center, Butler, Mo. Funeral services will be held Monday, Jan. 30, at 10 a.m., at the Heuser Funeral Home with burial and military rites in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Rich Hill. The family will receive friends Sunday, 4-6 p.m., at the funeral home. The family suggests memorial donations to the Heartland Hospice or donors choice in care of Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill...

The family of Tom and Karon Jones will host their parents 50th wedding anniversary on Feb. 4, 2012, from 3-5 p.m., at the Lyons Mansion Restaurant at National and 8th Street in Fort Scott. Tom and Karon were married at the Community of Christ (RLDS) church in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Feb. 4, 1962. Tom lived in Woodbine and Karon came from Underwood, Iowa. They moved to Fort Scott in 1980, when Tom became Fort Scott postmaster...

Brent Phillips and Deana Cornell wish to announce the 50th wedding anniversary of their parents, Jim and Kay Phillips, on Feb. 2, 2012. James Arthur Phillips and Betty Kay Brackenridge were married Feb. 2, 1962, by the Rev. O.V. Dodson at the Old First Baptist Church in Nevada, Mo. They had lived on the their farm for 34 years, before moving to their home near Nevada...

RICH HILL, Mo. -- Every small town in America is probably worth a documentary, but Rich Hill is one of the few whose dark days and halcyon moments of the past and prospects for the future are being chronicled. That's because an Emmy Award-winning Pacific Palisades, Calif., filmmaker learned the town well as a youngster and remains interested in it...

Uniontown High School King and Queen were crowned during the boys and girls basketball games on Friday night. The queen is Veronica Harrison and the King is Max Labbe. The Eagle girls defeated Crest 46-21.

Fort Scott Police Department officers and detectives have arrested four people in connection with recent burglaries in the area. FSPD Chief Ron Puterbaugh said Friday the arrests followed an investigation in which the suspects were identified and two search warrants were served. He said four individuals were apprehended and reports have been sent to the Bourbon County Attorney's Office...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. --As far back as she can remember, caring for people has been Kim Bowen's passion. Life sidetracked her along the way, but she kept at it and will graduate in May from Fort Scott Community College's nursing program. "I've been destined to be a nurse probably since I was a little kid because my favorite game was to bandage my puppies and dolls," said the mother of three and grandmother of three. ...

UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown's basketball teams swept Crest in Three Rivers League action on Homecoming here Friday night. Eagle girls started things off by bouncing the Lancers, 48-21. Uniontown boys maintained a share of the league lead with a 57-46 verdict...

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- It was the kind of night where nothing would go into the net even though Fort Scott High's boys were shooting the roof off Independence's new gymnasium here Friday night. The Tigers were held to 28-percent field-goal shooting and 22 rebounds as the Bulldogs took advantage and opened Southeast Kansas League play with a 54-37 verdict...

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- The strength of Fort Scott High's girls up front led to a 57-47 victory over Independence as Southeast Kansas League play opened here Friday night. Post players Mallory Shelton, Heather Karleskint, Brianne Lawrence and Jillian Lattimer combined for 32 points as the Tigers (4-9 overall) won their sixth consecutive SEK opener. Include forwards Katren Rienbolt and Sidney Maycumber and one ends up with a total of 49 points from the front line...