Stories from Friday, May 2, 2014

Workers hammer old brick off the wall at the Kress Building at 15 S. Main St., Wednesday afternoon in preparation for installing a new brick veneer wall. The city is splitting the $67,900 cost of repairing the wall with Dean Mann, the owner of the building. ...

Hankering for some fresh asparagus, spinach or broccoli? Or perhaps flowers to plant? Saturday marks the first Fort Scott Farmer's Market for the 2014 season. The market is from 8 a.m. to noon each Saturday on Skubitz Plaza in front of the Fort Scott National Historic Site and from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday...

Donna Madden Roberts of Sheldon, Mo., passed away at her home on April 24, 2014. She was born in West Plains, Mo., to Samuel Madden and Glenna Sue Walters Madden on June 26, 1965. The family moved to Pittsburg, Kan., in 1968. Donna attended Pittsburg Schools and graduated from PHS in 1983. Donna Married Ronald Roberts in Fort Scott, Kan., on Oct. 30, 1987. He preceded her in death in 2011...

Dorothy Lavella Hovey, 90, of Nevada, Mo., died at her home May 1, 2014. She was born Aug. 12, 1923 in Lucas, Iowa, the daughter of Leonard Augusta and Dolly Jane (Marker) Pottorff. She married Preston "Pete" Barr in 1941 and he preceded her in death in 1966. She married Claude Emrick in 1970 and he preceded her in death in 1989. She married Harlan Ray Hovey Aug. 24, 1994 in Benton County, Ark., and he survives of the home...

Gladys E. Rogers, age 99, formerly of Joplin, passed away at 8 a.m. Friday, April 25, 2014 at the home of her daughter in Kansas City after an illness. Gladys was born Jan. 7, 1915 in Fort Scott, Kan., to the late Noah Collins and Mary Nelson Collins and had lived in the Joplin area most of her life before moving to Kansas City five years ago. She graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1934...

ERIE --Uniontown's baseball team dropped both games of a non-league doubleheader against Erie here Tuesday, losing the opener 7-2 and the nightcap 8-4. Devonte Robinson went 2 for 4 for the Eagles (6-5) in the first game and scored both runs. He got on in the first inning with a 2-out single. Ethan Hale walked and Zach Schwalm's single to center field brought Robinson in...

ERIE -- Uniontown's softball team split a non-league doubleheader with Erie here Tuesday. The Eagles (6-4) won game one 8-7 but lost the second game 4-2. In the opener, Holly Shinn had 3 hits to lead the Eagle offense. Lakyn Coyan and Britney Stokes had 2 hits each...

Fort Scott Community College's baseball team fell to No. 17-ranked Crowder College in its regular-season finale at Neosho, Mo., Wednesday afternoon, 4-1. On Monday, the Greyhounds swept a make-up doubleheader at Wentworth Military (Mo.) by scores of 10-0 and 7-2...

Fort Scott Community College's baseball coaches and players will conduct a youth baseball clinic, sponsored by 5 Corners Mini Mart, Tuesday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Lions Field on the FSCC campus. Fundamentals of hitting, throwing, infield, outfield, and base running will all be covered during the camp. The clinic is open to children and teens ages 4-14. Each child will receive a camp T-shirt and have the opportunity after the camp to receive autographs from Greyhound players...

Doing something nice for his community has been a longtime dream for Adam LaRoche. Now his vision for a state-of-the-art baseball complex in Fort Scott is about to become a reality. "I've always considered Fort Scott home," LaRoche said in April. "And now, being in a position to be able to help out and put together a complex like this, is always something I wanted to do. ...