Stories from Friday, April 12, 2013

Authorities are not releasing much information about a house fire and fatality that occurred Wednesday afternoon in rural Bourbon County. At 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Scott Township Rural Fire and Garland Rural Fire departments were dispatched to 688 240th Street following a report of a structure fire. The Bourbon County Sheriff's Department responded as well, a news release from the sheriff's office said...

General housekeeping was the order of the day Wednesday night during the Garland Rural Fire Department Board's second meeting after a restructuring of the board. Board member Connie May said she has learned that all incident reports must be submitted by email and that the option to fax or mail reports was no longer available. ...

After a canvassing of provisional ballots by Bourbon County Commissioners on Monday, official results of the April 2 local elections are in and there appears to be no real change in results. Voter turnout was light, with 1,718 votes cast from 11,036 registered voters, for a 15.57 percent voter turnout. Of those votes, 408 were from advanced voting, 1,294 votes were cast on election day and there also were 16 provisional ballots...

FULTON -- Local residents are doing what they can to save a part of Fulton's history. Members of the Fulton Community Center board have organized a fundraiser set to take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at the community center. For a free will donation, guests can get a plate of spaghetti and fixings, as well as cake, with all proceeds going toward keeping the community center open...

Beatrice "Bea" Johnson, age 77, who had been living at The Kansas City Hospice House since April 1, went home to be with our Lord on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. She had suffered from Alzheimer's for the past seven years and had been residing at the Indian Creek Health Center in Overland Park, Kan., since October. ...

Betty M. Camac, 79, of Bronson, Kan., passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at the Moran Manor. Betty was born Oct. 16, 1933, at Neosho Falls, Kan., the daughter of Robert "Bert" and Gladys (Anderson) Covault. She grew up in Neosho Falls, was baptized on July 24, 1942, and graduated from Iola High School...

Harold Crays, age 80, of Derby, Kan., retired Trio Machine, Inc. machinist, passed away April 2, 2013. He was born Aug. 3, 1932 in Hiattville, Kan. to Harold and Audrey (Loudenback) Crays. He served our country in the Army during Korea from 1953 to 1955. On March 3, 1957, he married Dorothy Darling. She survives of the home...

Valerie Smith and Kenneth Honeywell, Fort Scott, are pleased to announce the birth of a son, Layne Ray Honeywell at 1:56 p.m. on April 10, 2013 at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. Layne weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and was welcomed by a sister, Kylah. Maternal grandparents are Kyle and Angela Springer and James and Carol Smith. Paternal grandparents are Kenneth and Jamie Shelton and Troy and Tammy Honeywell...

The 10th Annual Dave Regan Memorial Softball Tournament will be held June 1 at Ellis Park. All proceeds go toward funding the Dave Regan Tiger Tough Scholarship, which is awarded every year to a Fort Scott High School senior who has overcome adversity in order to attend college...

ERIE -- The Uniontown junior varsity golf team sent three players here Tuesday for a 9-hole tournament. The best finish was by Jonathan Wheeler, who tied for 17th wih a score of 52. Dalton Clifton scored a 60 and Cole Rockhold finished at 61. Forty-seven golfers were entered. The winning score was a 43 posted by Jayhawk-Linn's Fred Barnes and Neodesha's Connor Keith. Barnes won the scorecard playoff for the title...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High's boys' junior varsiy track led the field by nearly 30 points in winning the team title at Monday's Chanute Invitational. The Tigers won 5 events and 15 total medals in racking up 103 points. Runner-up Paola finished with 84 points...

NEVADA -- The Fort Scott High School junior varsity baseball team defeated Nevada, 5-4, in a game held here Tuesday night. "I'm proud of the performance of our JV guys up to this point in the season," Fort Scott head baseball coach Josh Regan said. "We have put a lot on them and they have handled it really well. ...

Due to wet fields, both Fort Scott High Baseball and Tiger softball had to postpone home doubleheaders scheduled for Thursday afternoon. Meanwhile, the Fort Scott High golf team also had its tournament at Parsons postponed due to wet conditions at the KATY course there...