Stories from Saturday, May 11, 2013

Daniel Sherman Ward, 86, resident of Fort Scott, died Thursday morning, May 9, 2013 at Mercy Hospital. He was born March 25, 1927 in Uniontown, Kan. the son of Herbert and Tressie (Swink) Ward. He graduated from Uniontown High School. He married Bobbe Ellen Clark on July 24, 1948 in Redfield, Kan...

Mamie P. Collins Hagerty, 93, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013, at Fort Scott, Kan. She was born Aug. 14, 1919, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Joel Pruitt and Mollie Hudsell Pruitt. She married Floyd E. Collins on Sept. 18, 1937, at Nevada, Mo. ...

Sara and Rick Chapman, Fort Scott, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Kaitlyn Marie Chapman at 2:26 a.m. on May 10, 2013 at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. Kaitlyn weighed 6 pounds 4 1/2 ounces and was welcomed home by siblings, Natalie and Makayla Chapman...

Ashley Boisvert and Christopher Jones, Fort Scott, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Izabella Renae Jones at 8:22 a.m. on May 9, 2013 at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. Izabella weighed 5 pounds 11 1/2 ounces and was welcomed by sibling, Adalie Elizabeth Boisvert...

It's been almost 11 years since Fort Scott native Pechone Stepps' life was altered in a way that most would consider unimaginable. But the local standout athlete and now freshman basketball coach at Fort Scott High School isn't looking back. His gaze is pointed strongly forward -- forward to a time when he regains the full mobility that he lost more than a decade ago after being struck by an underage drunk-driver...

Lauren Stark, freshman at Christian Learning Center, is making a second trip in June to National History Day in Washington D.C. National History Day (NHD) is an academic program for elementary and secondary school students. Lauren Stark, who was mentored in the project by her father, James Stark, also competed in a group performance in the seventh grade that went on to NHD...

Amber Cain, Richards, Mo., organizes items at a garage sale at her sister, Holly Lafevre's home at the corner of 23rd and Horton streets on Friday while her young daughter watches passers-by. The sisters were part of the area wide garage sale that continues Saturday...

Fort Scott Middle School students will learn about staying safe this summer, and perhaps have some fun in the process, during the annual Kick Off for Summer Safety Fair next weekend at the school. Law enforcement, fire and emergency response personnel from various agencies are scheduled to be on hand to educate students at the fair, which is set to take place from 12:30 to 3 p.m. ...

Students at Fort Scott USD 234 Elementary Schools spent Friday afternoon outside doing some Olympic challenges.

In a process that began about a month ago, Bourbon County Commissioners signed a contract Friday finalizing an agreement during its regular commission meeting with the law form of Shafer, Kline and Warren. The purpose of the $20,000 contract is to have the firm help the county set guidelines in the permit process in anticipation of a large Enbridge oil pipeline that will begin construction soon in a small area of northwest Bourbon County...

After seven years of service that included navigating the county through the Bourbon County Sewer District No. 1 project at Lake Fort Scott, County Sanitarian Tom McNeil announced he will be retiring effective May 31. McNeil made the announcement during the regular Friday Bourbon County Commission meeting after a brief executive session with commissioners, County Attorney Terri Johnson and County GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Director Shane Walker. ...

Uniontown's softball team lost its final four games of the regular season, all on the road, but will still receive a bye in the first round of the Class 2-1A Regional Tournament it will host next week. The Eagles lost both games of their Three Rivers League finale at Chetopa Monday 8-6 and 6-5. They were run-ruled in both games of their last doubleheader of the year Tuesday at Yates Center, 15-0 and 12-2...

ARMA -- Uniontown athletes combined for 16 medals at the Three Rivers League Relays here Thursday. Both Eagle squads finished in seventh place. The girls scored 28 points while Pleasanton won with 140 and Jayhawk-Linn came in second with 122. Northeast won the boys' title with 131 points followed by Pleasanton with 118. Uniontown's boys scored 22 points...

Lawrence, Sinn also win events at league championships

WICHITA -- In every game from this point forward, Fort Scott Community College's baseball team will be in a fight to keep its season alive. The Greyhounds held a 2-0 lead after four innings of play in a first-round Region VI Tournament game at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium. But Neosho County, the sixth-place finisher in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division rallied with 3 runs in the sixth, added an insurance run in the seventh and dropped Fort Scott into the losers' bracket, 4-2...