Stories from Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Gleness Marie Kluge, age 67, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Thursday March 13, 2014. She was born at Kansas City, Kan., on July 29, 1946 the daughter of Pete and Catherine Skinner Shomaker. She worked as a school bus driver in the Kansas City, Kansas School District. ...

Vernon E. Anderson, 84, El Dorado, died Saturday, March 15, 2014 at Lakepoint Rehabilitation in El Dorado. A celebration of his life will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 22, at Mt. Orum Cemetery, Redfield, Kan. Visitation with the family present is from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 21, at Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado, Kan., which is in charge of the arrangements...

Bertha Lorene McClaughry, age 97, of Hume, Mo., passed away Monday March 17, 2014 at the Mercy Health Center. She was born in Old Walnut, Hume, Mo., the daughter of G. F. and Bertha Rachael Falor Horton. She graduated from the Hume High School in the Class of 1933. ...

The Fort Scott Community College softball Greyhounds dropped a twinbill to Highland Community College and a pair to Dodge City but earned a split with Pratt Community College over the past four days. FSCC fell to Highland, the preseason No. 4 in the NJCAA Division II rankings, 11-0 and 12-1...

Carol Grant, a Fort Scott National Historic Site volunteer from Wichita, recently donated a framed reprint of the Jerry Thomas painting "Watching Parade," (Fort Scott, Kansas, 1842-1853). The painting also appears on the cover of Dr. Leo E. Olivia's book, "Fort Scott: Courage and Conflict on the Border." Information from the book states Thomas, "a nationally acclaimed artist, has made a career of creating wildlife and western art. ...

The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office nabbed a Fort Scott man on various charges and are looking for another unnamed suspect who fled following a lengthy car chase Monday night. The sheriff's office received information that a man who was wanted on felony warrants was in the area of 195th Street and Maple Road. ...

The Fort Scott City Commission addressed a handful of items during a brief gathering Tuesday night. During the 13-minute meeting, commissioners approved bids for construction work at the Empress Event Center at 7 N. Main St. Commissioners approved bids from several local companies to perform work on the center, which is being rehabilitated after the city received a Commercial Rehabilitation grant through the U.S. ...

It's prom season for many area teens and this year, for older residents of Bourbon County as well. Buck Run Community Center and SouthernCare Hospice in Pittsburg have partnered to sponsor the "Seniors Prom," an event geared toward local residents 55 years of age and older, from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 29 at BRCC, 735 Scott Ave...

Fort Scott resident Josh Dicus takes advantage of the warm weather Tuesday afternoon while skateboarding at James B. Tedesco Memorial Skatepark. The skatepark, which opened in April 2012, is located parallel to U.S. Highway 69 between the Third and Sixth Street catwalks...

Updated at 3:50 p.m. Wednesday. Adds Thursday's opponent and box score of Wednesday's game.