Stories from Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Richard Allen Heacock, age 69, a resident of Fort Scott, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at his home. He was born Dec. 11, 1944, in Sac City, Iowa, the son of Chester and Bette Heacock. Richard served with the United States Army during Vietnam. He retired from Peerless Products in Fort Scott...

Anna Mae, "Ann" Holmes, age 104, of Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Prescott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. She was born on June 23, 1909 at Hume, Mo., the daughter of Edward and Bissie VanHoozer Norbury. She graduated from Hume High School in the Class of 1928. ...

Sara Jane (Duerson) Schneider, 78, of Strong City (formerly of Wichita), retired U.S. Court Clerk, died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, at the Golden Living Center of Cottonwood Falls, Kan. Graveside services will be held at a later date at Uniontown (Kan.) Cemetery...

City Councilman Charles Williams, age 68, of Bronson, Kan., died Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at his home. He was born Oct. 22, 1945, in St. Louis, Mo., the son of Eddie Williams and Alma Weaver Williams. Charles attended Soldan High School in the St. Louis public school system. ...

Carol Jean Karleskint, age 75, went home to be with her Jesus on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at the Premier Living Homeplace in Wichita, Kan. She was born Dec. 24, 1938, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Fred Karleskint and Caroline Reiter Karleskint. ...

Fort Scott Community College's Fourth Annual "Dancing with our Stars" will take place on Feb. 15, at the Danny and Wilma Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, inside the auditorium. The matinee performance will begin at 3 p.m. and the second show is slotted for a 7 p.m. ...

Before anyone begins shuffling office equipment or files in the Bourbon County Courthouse, County Commissioners on Monday met with the heads of each office to determine the needs of each office. The office shuffle was spurred by County Treasurer Rhonda Dunn, who is in charge of two offices -- the Treasurer's and Motor Vehicles offices, which are located on separate floors in the courthouse...

After Feb. 1, entering the Bourbon County Courthouse may not be as easy as it has been for the public. As part of the county's security plan, the only doors the public will be allowed to access will be on the east side of the courthouse. One of those, which is a direct access to the Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center, is compliant with the Americans with Disability Act...

Ivan Witt warms up before the start of a basketball game Saturday morning at Fort Scott High School. Witt's Fort Scott Hustle faced the Nevada Tigers youth basketball team in a fifth-grade game. The Fort Scott High School Booster Tournament took place at FSHS, Fort Scott Middle School and Buck Run Community Center...

Fort Scott High School Athletic Director Larry Fink has announced two additions to FSHS winter sports schedules. The wrestling team will go to Ottawa on January 28 for an event that begins at 5 p.m. This will at least partly make up for a dual tournament at Ottawa that was canceled due to bad weather on December 21...

ARKANSAS CITY -- Fort Scott Community College's men dropped both games against NJCAA Division I competition here over the weekend at the Cowley Classic. Friday night, Fort Scott fell to Labette, 87-80. Saturday, the Greyhounds saw Cowley overcome a 5-point halftime deficit to win 64-60...

Fort Scott Middle School's boys basketball "A" teams got their first wins of the season in a sweep of Jayhawk Junior High at the FSMS gymnasium Monday night. The seventh-grade "A" team shut out the Jayhawks in the first quarter and allowed only one point in the fourth of a 41-12 victory. The eighth-grade "A" team held off a Jayhawk rally to prevail, 34-33. Both teams evened their records at 1-1...

BONNER SPRINGS -- Three members of Fort Scott High School's wrestling team finished in second place in their weight classes here Saturday at Bonner Springs' Dick Burns Mat Classic. Jerad Heckman took second in the 126-pound weight class while Jake Durossette was second at 145 and John Hughes was the runner-up at 170. Also, Cole Stewart and Chance Crawford finished fifth in their weight classes while Chris Stell took sixth at 132...