Stories from Tuesday, August 6, 2013

A man killed in a one-vehicle accident north of Fort Scott Friday evening has been identified as James A. Keith, 64, of Richards, Mo. The crash took place about 5 p.m. Friday on Valley Road just west of 245th Street about nine miles north of Fort Scott...

This month marks the 150th anniversary of Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence. On Saturday, the Fort Scott National Historic Site featured a reading on the raid and Order No. 11, which followed, and forced the evacuation of many Missouri counties along the Kansas border.Saturday's reading was part of the FSNHS script series of Shared Stories of the Civil War...

Since 1884, Citizens Bank has been a part of the Fort Scott Community. That will change later this year. H. Dean Mann is retiring from Citizens Bank, after 24 years at the helm, and his corporation is selling the bank to Landmark National Bank. "We are retiring this year. ...

Bourbon County Commissioners spent a good portion of their Monday meeting discussing heavy rainfall and flooding that have caused damage to county roads over the last week or so. More than two inches of rain fell in Bourbon County over the weekend and several inches have been dumped on the county since a July 29 storm that brought with it an EF-1 tornado that dropped briefly in the far western part of the county near Bourbon County State Park, knocking down trees and damaging property...

Doris Charlene Broughton, age 78, former resident of Uniontown, Kan., died Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 at her home in Hamilton, Texas. She was born Jan. 24, 1935 in Uniontown, Kan., the daughter of Thomas A. "Tom" Reeder and Ilah "Polly" Irene Schull Reeder. ...

Glen Russell Cox, 59 of Fort Scott, died Saturday evening, Aug. 3, 2013, at Mercy Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Sara E. "Sally" Ray, 92, of Joplin, Mo., died at 6:39 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, at College View Manor in Joplin, Mo. She was born April 15, 1921, at West Middlesex, Pa., to Walter Price and Francis (Dunlap) Phibbs. After graduating high school, she went to college for two years and then nursing school for three years, becoming a registered nurse...

Delma Dorene Wood, age 86, Prescott, Kan., passed away Saturday Aug. 3, 2013. She was born at Devon, Kan., on March 6, 1927 the daughter of Durward "Duke" and Hannah Pearl Ballah Brown. She graduated from Prescott High School in the Class of 1943. She married Vergil Leon Wood on June 17, 1944. ...

Helen Ramirez Olivas, age 76, resident of Fort Scott, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo. She was born March 3, 1937, in Georgetown, Texas, the daughter of Augustine Ramirez and Elena Lopez Ramirez. She married Sylvester Olivas on May 24, 1954. They later divorced. Helen was a member of Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church. She loved to read...

Dorothy Ellen "Dottie" Irwin, age 73, resident of Hume, Mo., died unexpectedly Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, at her home. She was born May 17, 1940, on the family farm West of Fulton, Kan., the daughter of Glen Fillmore Lay and Nellie May Chaney Lay. She graduated from Fulton High School with the class of 1958. ...

Dorothy Ellen "Dottie" Irwin, age 73, resident of Hume, Mo., died unexpectedly Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, at her home. She was born May 17, 1940, on the family farm West of Fulton, Kan., the daughter of Glen Fillmore Lay and Nellie May Chaney Lay. She graduated from Fulton High School with the class of 1958. ...

Tim Cochran, 59, of Arlington, Texas, passed away in his sleep at home July 28 and was a former resident of Keller. He was born Oct. 22, 1953 to Kenneth and Rowena Cochran in Fort Scott, Kan.. He married the love of his life, Paula Schmidt, on Aug. 24, 1973...