Stories from Wednesday, February 12, 2014

It's February, with sub-freezing temperatures and snow on the ground. It's also baseball time in Fort Scott. While the recent weather has impacted the community college baseball team, the Greyhounds of Coach John Hill III are anxious to get outside and take to the field in competition...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott Middle School's eighth-grade basketball teams each went 1-1 at the Pittsburg Tournament here Saturday. The "A" team had a seven-game winning streak snapped when Pittsburg won the first-round game, 52-32. The Purple Dragons led at the end of every quarter...

Recent results from the Fort Scott Wrestling Club: MAIZE BATTLE OF THE BELT Saturday, Feb. 25 6-and-under, 58 lbs.: Lennox Vann, fourth. 10-and-under, 76 lbs.: Coby Burchett, fourth. 14-and-under, 120 lbs: Derek Bollinger, fourth. MIKE HOLSINGER MEMORIAL...

Fan Appreciation Night, originally scheduled to be held at Fort Scott High School's home basketball games on February 4, will be held Thursday when the Tigers play make-up Southeast Kansas League games against Pittsburg. The Tigers will show appreciation to fans who have attended games both at home and on the road the past few seasons. A presentation will be made during halftime of the boys' varsity game...

Shirley Mae Hall, 78, of Carthage, Mo., a retired secretary of Target, passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Carthage, Mo. Arrangements are under direction of Ozark Memorial Park Crematory, Joplin, Mo...

Waneta M. Beerbower, age 82, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, at her home. Funeral arrangements for Waneta Beerbower will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Harold Dean Koester, 90, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday afternoon, Feb. 10, 2014 at Mercy Hospital. He was born June 20, 1923 in Hepler, Kan., the son of Henry Oscar and Martha Emma C. (Detjen) Koester. He married Ruth Hoover Dec. 24, 1952 in Wichita, Kan. She survives of the home...

The USD 234 Board of Education ended a debate on roof repairs when board members agreed it was not in the district's best interest to reopen bidding on a future roofing project. During their regular meeting Monday, board members unanimously approved Washington Roofing, a Great Bend based company, for roof repairs at Eugene Ware Elementary School and Fort Scott High School...

The process for school closing, budget highlights and future high school staff and course changes were part of Superintendent Randy Rockhold's report at the monthly board of education meeting Monday night. School closing Board members learned how the superintendent decides to call a snow day...

Clare Gorman (left) and Grace Willis perform the song "Royals" by Lorde. The Fort Scott High School Talent Show, held Tuesday night, was sponsored by the FSHS Thespians troupe. The emcees for the show were Caleb Gazaway and Taylor Schilling. The judges for the show were Don Parsons, Sara Mae Lamar and Jeremy Culbertson. ...