Stories from Tuesday, February 12, 2013

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's girls outscored Pleasanton 17-3 in the third quarter here Friday night and held on to stun the Blu-Jays, 59-48, giving the visitors just their third loss of the season. "Our sheer tenacity put us in a position to upset a very good Pleasanton team," Uniontown head coach Dustin Miller said...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team opened its season by taking advantage of the FieldTurf facility at Jaycee Ballpark here Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, the Greyhounds defeated Southeast Nebraska, 3-2, in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader. The second game was cancelled when rain arrived in the area...

The last two games have had a similarity for Fort Scott Community College's women. Saturday at Iola, the Greyhounds played tough against Allen and held a brief lead in the second half. But Allen quickly reclaimed the lead and went on to a 68-52 victory in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play...

Fort Scott Community College's men bounced back from a drubbing at the hands of Allen -- the last-place team in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division on Saturday -- to take an 81-77 overtime decision over Hesston at Arnold Arena Monday night in a game that goes toward post-season seeding in Region VI-Division II post-season play...

Irving E. Fink, 84, of Fort Scott, died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. Funeral arrangements for Irving E. Fink are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Joseph Eugene Shadden, 28 year-old male, Fort Scott, was arrested on 2/9/13 at 1:48 a.m. by the Fort Scott Police Department for driving while suspended and was released on 2/1913 at 11:28 a.m. on a $1,250 bond. Dasedrin Lee Larry Goldsby, 24 year-old male, was arrested on 2/9/13 at 7:23 a.m. by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Department for driving under the influence and was released on 2/9/13 at 5:39 p.m. on a $1,000 bond...

Raymond Earl Allison, 82, passed away on Jan. 24, 2013. He was born May 10, 2013 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Raymond Allison and Lena Schubert Allison. Raymond is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Dolores M. Townsend Allison, Paisley, Fla.; three children, son David Allison, Paisley, Fla.; daughter Deborah (David) Bingham, Dexter, N.Y.; and daughter Peggy Allison, Colorado Springs, Colo.; three great-grandchildren, Riley, Lilly, and Alexis. ...

Lonnie R. Moore, age 48, resident of Fort Scott, died early Sunday, February 10, 2013, at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home in Prescott, Kansas. He was born January 10, 1965, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Frank Moore and Donna Hall Moore. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1983. ...

Arlene Mae Ward, age 88, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, February 9, 2013, at Mercy Hospital. She was born September 14, 1924, in Eudora, Kan., the daughter of Raymond Eugene Bagby and Florence Marguerite Ziegler Bagby. Arlene married Lawrence Ward on November 1, 1942, in Topeka, Kan. ...

Jan. 23 Traffic stop, Margrave St. Traffic stop Wall St. Check subject Wall St. Check vehicle Holbrook St. Traffic complaint Hwy 69 Alarm in the 1200 block Mulberry Traffic complaint Hwy 69 Animal control National Ave Request ambulance 700 block 2nd...

A local funeral home is celebrating 150 years in business this year and plans to give back to the community to mark the occasion. To show their appreciation for the community's continued support over the past 150 years, staff at Cheney Witt Funeral Chapel are bringing in popular entertainment from Branson, Mo., for a March 16 show at Memorial Hall...

UNIONTOWN -- Planning for water needs for the future of the town is on the agenda for tonight's Uniontown City Council meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. at Uniontown City Hall. The city council will consider accepting the U.S. Department of Agriculture grant and loan for the water improvement project they have been working on for the last year...

The USD 234 Board of Education received letters of resignation from four educators and one bus driver at their meeting on February 11. Janet Irvin, Title 1 reading specialist at Winfield Scott; Karen Hansen, media specialist at Winfield Scott; Karen Cook, fourth grade teacher at Eugene Ware; and Diana Endicott, secondary gifted teacher all submitted letters to the board announcing their retirement...

Three-day weekends will be the norm - at least through the summer months - for Bourbon County Road and Bridge workers after commissioners voted to reinstitute a 10-hour, four-day work week for the department's workers during their regular Monday meeting. The change will not affect front office personnel in the department...