Stories from Friday, April 25, 2014

PARSONS -- Three Fort Scott High School golfers took part in a junior varsity meet held by Labette County here Thursday. Marcus Brennan shot 58 over nine holes to lead the Tiger contingent. Tyler Endicott was next with a 58 and Seth Marshall scored a 76...

Fort Scott Community College's softball team concluded regular-season play Tuesday with a split against the Central Methodist University junior varsity at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex. Fort Scott won the opener, 5-0, but CMU took the second game, 10-2...

BURLINGTON -- Uniontown's track team attended the Waverly Invitational here Monday and came away with eight medals. The highest finish was posted by the boys' 4x100-meter relay team, which took second place. Cole Shafer, Gavin Miller, Josh Wisely and John Reed made up that team...

OSWEGO -- Uniontown's golf team played 18 holes here Monday and had better performances from most of its players despite a two-week layoff since its season opener at Erie. "We've got a ways to go but we're consistently getting better every week," Eagle head coach Jason Tourtillott says. "With our team being so young our main focus is to improve week by week and get a little more competitive."...

COLUMBUS -- Katren Rienbolt and Nick Woods were event winners here Tuesday at Fort Scott High's track team competed at the Columbus Invitational. Rienbolt won the girls' 1,600-meter run in a time of 5 minutes, 21 seconds with teammate Cassidy Westhoff just four seconds behind in second place. Woods won boys' discus by nearly 10 feet with a throw of 141 feet, 3 inches...

OTTAWA -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team played a make-up doubleheader here Tuesday against the Ottawa University junior varsity. Fort Scott won the first game in nine innings, 8-7, and the second in five innings, 21-3. Ottawa tied the first game in the bottom of the eighth inning. ...

Fort Scott High School's baseball team, ranked No. 3 this week in Class 4A-Division I by the Kansas Baseball Coaches Association, swept Independence in Southeast Kansas League play at Lions Field Tuesday night, remaining on top of the league standings following the team's ninth and 10th straight victories...

Law enforcement authorities arrested one woman after a vehicle pursuit Wednesday night that began in Vernon County and ended in Bourbon County. Details on what started the chase were unavailable, but Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher said Thursday suspicion of drugs in the vehicle was a likely cause...

Reta Baker, Mercy Hospital Fort Scott president, said Thursday the rumors of the hospital closing are false. However, there will be changes in health care. Baker spoke briefly on the current state of the hospital during the Chamber of Commerce Coffee...

Lloyd Wiley of rural Fort Scott and his team of Belgian-Percheron cross geldings, Dan and Clyde, plant corn with an old John Deere planter Wednesday morning on a portion of the Bourbon County Fairgrounds. Wiley said he was hoping for a little rain to get the corn started soon. He got his wish on Thursday...

Rev. Robert Eugene Fly, age 80, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died early Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at the Fort Scott Medicalodge. He was born Jan. 6, 1933, in Aurora, Mo., the son of Loyd Fly and Lois Denny Fly. He married Elsie A. Adams on Dec. 22, 1958, at Paducah, Ky. ...

Goldie Lorraine Hinrichs, 83, Edgerton, Kan., died Monday April 21, 2014 at her home. Graveside memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday April 29, 2014 at the Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Olathe, Kan. Goldie was born June 1, 1930 in Bartlesville, Okla., the daughter of Clyde and Mary Schmit Shrakes. ...

USD 234 Superintendent Diane Gross is likely to submit her resignation at noon today during a Board of Education special meeting. On Thursday, Gross confirmed that she has accepted a superintendent's position with Clearwater USD 264. That district announced Gross' hiring on its website earlier this week...