Stories from Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Girard took both ends of a doubleheader from the Fort Scott High JV softball team at Fisher Park Friday evening, taking the first game 14-10 and the second 14-4. The only half inning without a score in the opener was the bottom of the fifth. The Trojans led 6-4 after two and 11-6 after three...

Fort Scott Community College's softball team split a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Saturday afternoon. The Greyhounds' 5-1 win in the opener broke a 14-game losing streak. But the Blue Dragons took game two, 9-0, to salvage the split...

NEVADA -- Fort Scott High School's varsity tennis team went 4-5 in a best-of-nine dual here Friday. The Tigers won three singles matches and in doubles play. In best-of-nine duals, six players each play one singles and one doubles match. Four of the singles matches were decided by 3 sets or less and one of the doubles matches was decided by a 2-set margin...

PITTSBURG -- Four members of Fort Scott High School's track and field squad earned a total of five medals at the 25th Annual Pitt State Gorilla Relays at Carnie Smith Stadium here Friday. Juniors Garin Sinn and Chris Woods both earned medals in boys' javelin. ...

HIGHLAND -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team is now five games clear of playoff elimination with eight games remaining in the regular season after sweeping Highland in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader here Saturday. The Greyhounds took game one in eight innings, 5-4, and won the second game, 9-6...

Debra June Wheeler, age 43, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died unexpectedly Sunday, April 13, 2014, at the Fort Scott Mercy Hospital Emergency Room. She was born Nov. 25, 1970, in Iowa, the daughter of Dennis Webster and Dyann Needham Webster. ...

Maxine Fern Clark, age 77, formerly of Fort Scott and more recently of Girard, Kan., died Sunday, April 13, 2014, at the Heritage Nursing Home, Girard. She was born Dec. 2, 1936, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Carlton and Annabelle May Seaver. ...

Clifford Wayne "Cliff" Campbell, age 58, died Friday, April 11, 2014, as the result of a tractor accident. He was born on March 14, 1956 at Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Hugh Dale and Francies Henderson Campbell. He graduated from Pleasanton High School in the Class of 1974. ...

Margaret Pearl Russell Bishard, age 97, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kan., quietly passed away, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at her home in Fort Scott. She was born Dec. 6, 1916, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Louis S. "Dutch" Russell and Esther Pearl Barker Russell. ...

Snow falls in heavy flakes in Downtown Fort Scott Monday morning. The snow melted quickly, but colder temperatures remained. The overnight low was expected to be below freezing, dipping to the mid to low-20s.

Attendees of Friday's meeting to launch a plan to bring more broadband access to Fort Scott offered their opinions on various topics related to creating an action plan for the statewide broadband initiative. About a dozen people met at City Hall to discuss the recent selection of Fort Scott as a pilot community for the statewide broadband initiative through the Kansas Department of Commerce...

After several sessions to develop a plan for hard-surface road projects, the Bourbon County Commissioners received a final schedule Monday from Roads and Bridges Director Jim Harris. The first project on the list is a one-mile stretch on 240th Street, from Jayhawk to Kansas roads...

Kiwanis Club Easter Egg Hunt Chairman Bob Eckles said about 300 children scoured parts of Gunn Park Saturday for eggs that contained candy or prizes.