Stories from Friday, September 20, 2013

The Zombie Chase on Sept. 13 sponsored by the United Way of Bourbon County raised more than $12,000 for its partner agencies. The night event at Gunn Park drew 411 participants from 35 different communities and had 50 volunteers, according to an event organizer, Jared Leek. Because of the success of this event, the $100,000 goal was reached for the 2012-2013 United Way Campaign...

The Christian Foundation for Children and Aging is bringing a concert documentary filmed in the Philippines to Fort Scott viewers. The CFCA, founded in 1981 and based in Kansas City, Kan., is a nonprofit international sponsorship organization working in 21 countries around the world. The screening of "Rise and Dream," produced by the CFCA, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at the Liberty Theatre, 113 S. Main St...

Fire destroyed several large bales of hay and equipment that was inside a barn that caught fire from an ATV that had just been parked just east of Uniontown Wednesday. Rural Fire District 3 responded to a barn fire on at 4:30 p.m. at 798 Hwy. 54. Fire Chief Delwin Mumbower said 18 personnel from Hiatville, Devon, Uniontown, Bronson, Mapleton and Fulton fire departments responded to the fire...

The first speaker on the agenda at USD 234's Board of Education Sept. 9 was Nicole Nighswonger, Kansas National Education Association president, who read a letter of non-support to the USD 234 Board of Education regarding the Race to the Top federal grant that the board is considering. ...

Bronson's City Council on Sept. 9 voted to increase the meter security deposits for electric and water. "It was due to the fact of bills being increased since last deposits (amounts) were set and there is approximately two months owed when services are disconnected," City Clerk Ellen Harper said. "Meaning (utility) rates have increased over the years so monthly bills are higher and when you bill after usage, there is approximately two months of usage owed when services are disconnected,"...

Ross Robert Bryant, age 73, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, at his home. He was born Jan. 17, 1940, in Denver, Colo., the son of Wilburn Jackson Bryant and Myrtle Patterson Bryant. Ross spent a career with the United States Army and was a member of the Green Beret Special Forces. ...

MIAMI, Okla. -- Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team defeated Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in five sets here Wednesday night in non-conference play. The Greyhounds won 25-21, 20-25, 25-22, 23-25, 15-6. It was just the second time a Fort Scott match has gone to five sets this season. The 'Hounds lost to Seminole State, Okla., in five on the second day of the Fort Scott Tournament on Aug. 24...

EUREKA -- Uniontown's gold team finished third out of five teams at the Eureka Invitational Wednesday. Although Caney Valley won by 29 strokes, there were just three strokes separating third from sixth. Uniontown finished with a four-woman, nine-hole score of 214. Eureka was second with 213. Augusta was fifth with 215 and Anderson County, the last team with enough players eligible for team honors, finished at 216...

Fort Scott Middle School's football teams split with Parsons in a doubleheader at Frary Field Thursday night. The seventh grade lost 16-14 while the eighth grade took a 14-0 victory. The seventh-grade Tigers scored on the game's first possession after a short kickoff. Coy Pollmeier scored on a 3-yard run with 4:28 on the clock. A run for the 2-point conversion was unsuccessful...