Stories from Wednesday, May 1, 2013

T.V. Robinson, 87, Pleasanton, Kan. formerly of Nevada, Mo. died Monday April 29, 2013. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Thursday, May 2, 2013 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Chapel. ...

Martha Lee SpuHarriet Louise "Babe" Stambaugh, 94, a former resident of Prescott, Kan., and more recently of Fort Scott, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born March 8, 1919, in Prescott, Kan. the daughter of August Hoffman and Frances Herndon Hoffman. ...

Early figures show that Fort Scott Community College raked in thousands of dollars to benefit student scholarships during last Saturday's "Casino Night"-themed Endowment Scholarship Auction on the FSCC campus. According to preliminary numbers provided by FSCC Director of Development and Alumni Relations Gary Palmer, the annual event, which took place for the first time at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, brought in between $16,000 and $16,500 before expenses...

Bourbon County Emergency Manager Terri Coop is doing her part to help head a volunteer effort to help elderly, uninsured and underinsured residents who suffered property damage after the April 7 hailstorm. Coop presented her plans to Bourbon County Commissioners during their regular Monday meeting...

GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School's girls finished fourth in the Girard Optimist Club Invitational here Monday while the boys finished 12th. The meet was originally scheduled for Friday but postponed due to rain. Pittsburg's girls won the team title by 64 points over Grove, Okla. Webb City, Mo., was third followed by the Tigers...

The first game of Tuesday's make-up softball doubleheader between Fort Scott High and Girard was perhaps what most people expected to be: A hard-fought battle between maybe the two best teams in southeast Kansas. The second game was anything but. After the Tigers won the opener at Don Hewett Field, 8-7, the Trojans completely controlled game two and won 17-0 in just 4 innings to come away with a split...