Stories from Thursday, June 20, 2013

GARNETT -- The Fort Scott American Legion Post 25 baseball team swept Garnett Post 48 here Tuesday night, winning game one 8-1 and game two 3-1. Mason Knopp was the winning pitcher for Post 25 in the opener, allowing 3 hits and 3 walks while striking out 7. He faced 25 batters, only four over the minimum one can face in a seven-inning game...

Christoph Strasser of Austria became the first solo rider to complete the coast-to-coast Race Across America (RAAM) in fewer than eight days Wednesday afternoon. Strasser, last year's runner-up and champion in 2011, crossed the finish line at the final time station in Annapolis, Md., at 2:01 CDT, completing the event in 7 days, 22 hours and 52 minutes. ...

A Fort Scott man who was hurt in a motorcycle accident Tuesday night on U.S. Highway 69 was later arrested by the Kansas Highway Patrol. A KHP report said Ashby H. Skaggs, 33, of Fort Scott, who was driving a 2000 Yamaha motorcycle, was hurt in a two-vehicle crash about 10 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. 69 near the intersection of the highway and Third Street...

Second Kansas House District Democratic Precinct Committee men and women will meet on Monday, July 1 to elect a nominee to replace retiring State Representative Bob Grant. The convention will be held at 7 p.m. in the Commission Room on second floor in the Crawford County Courthouse in Girard...

A Fort Scott man fled the scene of a vehicle accident and another man was reportedly injured Tuesday. Fort Scott Police Department Capt. Shaun West said officers responded about 9:30 p.m. to a report of an accident at Eighth and Ransom streets. When officers arrived, they found one person injured, and another person had left the scene on foot...

Area youth can get outside Friday to see nature and celebrate the first day of summer with games and activities planned by the Bourbon County 4-H Junior Leaders. According to information from the Kansas State Research and Extension Office, the Bourbon County 4-H Junior Leaders is sponsoring a One Day Camp for area first-through-fourth grade youth. Activities are scheduled to take place from 8 a.m. to noon at Gunn Park Shelter House No. 5...

Children from birth to five can enjoy an hour of reading and hands-on, age appropriate activities at Fort Scott's Public Library every Wednesday morning from 10 to 11 a.m. through Aug. 7. The first story hour of the Dig Into Reading program was Wednesday and babies through pre-schoolers attended the event, located in the basement of the public library at 201 S. National...

Lee Rimbey, 88, of Fort Scott, died Tuesday June 18, 2013 at Mercy Hospital. He was born Jan. 19, 1925 in Urbana, Mo., the son of Levi and Virgie Elizabeth (Baines) Rimbey. He married Maxine Alford on Sept. 18, 1946 in Bolivar, Mo. Lee served in the United States Army during WWII and received multiple awards including the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. ...

Richard Ken Simpson, age 64, Mound City, Kan., passed away Sunday June 16, 2013. Funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Friday June 21, 2013 at the Mound City United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Woodland Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...