Stories from Saturday, May 17, 2014

PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's track and field team won 13 medals here Thursday at the Three Rivers League Relays, which includes two league championship performances. Shalina Harper won the girls' 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes, 43.34 seconds, one of three medals she won in total. She was also second in javelin with a throw of 1,201 feet, 9 inches and third in the 1,600 meters in 6:03...

Cheri Sue Smith, of Mound City, Kan., passed away on May 14 after a short battle with cancer. She will be deeply missed by her friends, her family, and her community. Smith was most proud of having raised her loving children and her loving children through marriage. She lived a proud and strong life; loving music, loving the Lord, and happy to have found true love...

Charles William "Bill" Rhoton, age 78, a resident of rural Bronson, Kan., went to his final home, Thursday, May 15, 2014. He was born June 26, 1935, at the family home near Bronson, Kan., to William Eli and Lucille Coral Dawson Rhoton. Bill started school in the one-room Limestone school and graduated from Bronson High School in 1953. ...

Fort Scott High School's softball team swept its final regular-season doubleheader at Don Hewett Field Thursday, beating Southeast Kansas League rival Chanute by scores of 10-0 and 12-4. The Tigers (12-0 SEK, 13-7 overall) will face Chanute (7-5, 11-9) again on Monday in the first round of the Fort Scott Class 4A-Division I Regional Tournament at Don Hewett Field...

Tom Davis, Fort Scott Middle School social studies teacher and activities director, in 2013 recovered items of historical significance from the old Fort Scott Junior High building. The items were plaster murals, one of George Washington and one of Abraham Lincoln. ...

Plans are in the works to bring new assisted living residences to Fort Scott, possibly by early 2015. Neighborhood Senior Living, Inc., a long-standing Kansas developer, recently announced the expansion of its assisted living and memory care concepts to Fort Scott. The company has worked since last fall with city officials to plan for the addition of Country Place Senior Living and Country Place Memory Care residences...

Graduation ceremonies were held Friday at Fort Scott Community College and Uniontown High School.