Stories from Tuesday, September 10, 2013

LAWRENCE -- Uniontown rolled by Lawrence Bishop Seabury here Friday evening, 58-22, as they won their season opener for the second consecutive season. The Eagles gained 327 of their 388 yards on the ground. Tailback Cole Schafer rushed for 122 of those yards and scored four touchdowns. Quarterback Jacob Duffey added 86 rushing yards and completed 4 of 9 passes for 61 yards...

COLUMBUS -- Fort Scott High's volleyball team beat two of three opponents in a non-league quadrangular here Saturday. The Tigers defeated Columbus in their first match, 25-12, 25-18; lost to Pittsburg in the second dual, 25-14, 12-25, 25-13; and beat Girard in the finale, 25-17, 25-22...

Fort Scott Community College's defense, which was ranked last in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference in three of the four major categories going into the weekend, has its best day of the season in terms of yards allowed Saturday. But while the defense showed some signs of improvement, the offense and special teams mostly let the Greyhounds down in a 52-14 loss to fourth-ranked Butler in KJCCC play at Frary Field...

Ross Robert Bryant, age 73, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, at his home. There was cremation. Burial will take place in the U. S. National Cemetery at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the Elks Christmas Fund and can be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

The family of Fay Hardwick will hold a graveside service Saturday, Sept.14, 2013, 11 a.m., at West Plains Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kan., on Highway 7. The cemetery is located 2 miles west on U.S. 54 then 2 miles north on Highway 7 from Fort Scott. Following the service, the family will provide a community wide dinner in Fay's honor at 12:30 p.m. at the North Community Building on Buckeye St. in Iola, Kan...

Roads, bridges and how to pay for them was the largest slice of the time pie for the Bourbon County Commissioners on Monday. Jim Harris, Public Works director, heard of areas of concerns from the public and the commission. Harris told the commission that the overlay on Jayhawk Road will start this week, that work crews should be done in two days at Bourbon County Lake and they are mowing at the Blake Quarry as part of the reclamation project there...

Loretta George/Tribune photo A small crowd of well-wishers braved the heat on Monday morning for the groundbreaking of the Sleep Inn Hotel. The new 59-sleeping room hotel, slated to be finished by mid 2014, will be located at the south west side of the junction of Hwy. 69 and Hwy. 54. The hotel will face east, with entry from Wall Street...

Tammy Helm/Tribune photo Nearly 7,000 flags stand on the parade grounds of the Fort Scott National Historic Site Saturday before the Symbols of Sacrifice ceremony. Local and state dignitaries spoke at the ceremony, recognizing those who have died during the War on Terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...

The trial to determine whether Brent Bollinger was responsible for a house fire that killed his wife in 2011, resumed Monday morning, with the second full day of testimony. Bollinger is accused of killing his wife by setting their house on fire on Oct. 13 that year. Bollinger and his then 2-year-old son, Bryson, survived the house fire at 2166 Grand Road just south of Fort Scott. The body of his wife, Brenna Bollinger, 23, was found in the fire...

The jury and other spectators heard two brief 911 emergency calls made the night of a deadly Oct. 13, 2011 house fire during the continuation of a local murder and arson trial Monday afternoon in the Bourbon County Courthouse. Dispatchers working the night of the fire and others testified about events of that evening on the third day of the trial, which is being presided over by Bourbon County District Judge Mark Ward. ...

Fort Scott's freshman volleyball team swept Jayhawk Linn, Columbus and Parsons in their season-opening quadrangular Thursday. The frosh Tigers turned back Jayhawk Linn 25-20, 25-16; then dispatched Columbus 25-20, 25-21. In the finale, Fort Scott prevailed over Parsons, 25-23, 25-22...