Stories from Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Florence Anderson, 64, of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday morning Sept. 16, 2013 at Mercy Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Ross Schwalm, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday morning, Sept. 16, 2013 at his home. Services for Ross are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 at the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home and a visitation for Wednesday evening, Sept. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. Complete obituary will be available in the Wednesday edition of the Tribune...

Floyd D. Lytle, 96, of Jefferson City, Mo., passed away Thursday, Sept.12, 2013, at Adams Street Place in Jefferson City, Mo. He was born June 29, 1917, in Fort Scott, Kan., a son of the late Wesley and Florence (Brouhard) Lytle. He was a graduate of Fort Scott High School, and went on receive his degree in Mechanical Engineering from Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kan. ...

Mae L. Watt, 89,. or Arcadia, Kan., went to be with the Lord at 11:28 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, at the Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home in Fort Scott, Kan. Mrs. Watt was born June 4, 1924 at Arcadia, Kan., the daughter of martin Darlington an Gladys Ward Wright. ...

Wallace Wayne Stringer, 83, of Fort Scott, passed away Sunday evening, Sept. 15, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. He was born March 4, 1930 in Hepler, Kan., the son of Dale and Angie Jewel (Bruce) Stringer. He married Marjorie VanMeter Dec. 30, 1954 in Thayer, Kan., and she survives of the home...

Fern Rexine Brown, age 81, resident of Fulton, Kan., died Sunday, Sept. 15, at Mercy Hospital. She was born Jan. 20, 1932, in Mapleton, Kan., the daughter of Walter and Mina Cook Wardrip. She moved to Fulton when she was 5 years old, and lived there most of her life. ...

On Monday, Bourbon County Commissioners signed off on a resolution authorizing participation in a student loan repayment program to attract young people back to the county. The program is part of the Rural Opportunity Zone (ROZ), which is in Section One of Senate Bill 198...

MORAN -- Uniontown's junior varsity volleyball team went 2-2 at the Marmaton Valley Tournament here Saturday. The Eagles lost their first match against Humboldt, 15-3, 15-5, and their second to Pomona-West Franklin, 15-10, 15-6. Uniontown took down Pleasanton, 15-11, 15-10, and defeated Southeast, 11-15, 15-9, 15-4, to finish up the tournament...

Fort Scott Middle School's football teams picked up victories in the first interscholastic football games since 1982 as the Tigers swept El Dorado Springs, Mo., at Frary Field Thursday evening. The seventh-grade Tigers won 40-0 in the first game. The eighth-grade squad took a 48-0 victory...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's football team forced Friday night's home game to end early when the Eagles whitewashed Sedan, 48-0, in a non-league eight-man game. Eight-man football games are stopped once a team has built up a 45-point or greater lead by halftime or anytime thereafter...

Fort Scott High's soccer team scored first but Independence's 4 unanswered tallies gave the Bulldogs a 4-1 win in Southeast Kansas League play at Ellis Park Monday afternoon. On a cool, misty day, Jonah Jones scored for the Tigers, taking a pass from Alex Combs in the 14th minute of play. Jones has scored all four of the Tigers' goals this season...

COFFEYVILLE -- It looked as though Fort Scott Community College's football team had an excellent chance to win its first game of the season here Saturday. As the third quarter was coming to a close, Fort Scott held a 33-27 lead. Backup running back Kyle Hammond was having an excellent game in place of suspended Jo-Nathan Alford. And the defense, though it had bent a few times, wasn't breaking...

As the second week began in the trial to determine if Brent Bollinger is responsible for his wife's death in an October 2011 house fire, jurors on Monday heard testimony that he has been the only suspect. Brenna Bollinger died Oct. 13, 2011 in her home at 2166 Grand Road. ...

The defendant in a local arson and murder trial got a chance to tell his side of the story to the jury Monday in the Bourbon County Courthouse. Brent Bollinger, 26, who has been charged with aggravated arson, murder and aggravated child endangerment, testified about his knowledge of events surrounding a deadly Oct. 13, 2011 house fire in which his wife, Brenna, died and he and his youngest son, Bryson, were badly burned. The trial, which began Sept. 5, continued Monday with further testimony...