Stories from Friday, February 27, 2015

Seedings and first-round pairings were released for the Oswego Class 2A Sub-State Basketball Tournaments Wednesday afternoon and both Uniontown teams will play first-round games on the road to start next week's play. Tuesday night in the final games of the regular season, the Eagles were swept on the road by Southern Coffey County at LeRoy. The girls fell 34-33 and the boys lost 49-44. No other details of either game were provided...

The second of four applicants for the Fort Scott Community College president's job visited Fort Scott Thursday. As part of her interview process, Sara Harris of Independence spoke to community members during an afternoon session at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center...

OVERLAND PARK -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team played four games in two days here Tuesday and Wednesday in an effort with opponent Johnson County to avoid having their first two Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheaders of the season affected by the forecasted inclement weather predicted for the weekend. The teams agreed to play both doubleheaders here. They were originally scheduled to be held here Thursday and at Lions Field Saturday...

Organizers of a planned property improvement blitz along East Wall Street received some ideas Tuesday night from some Wall Street residents on the current state and possible future of the corridor. City and county officials, as well as about 20 Wall Street residents and property owners attended a public meeting Tuesday night at the fire station on the east side of the city...

Georgia Lou Farris, age 60, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at the Calvary Baptist Church in La Cygne, Kan. Burial will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. until service at the church. The family suggests contributions to Prescott Country View or Kansas Special Olympics. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel...

Joseph Robert Meeks, age 71, a resident of rural Fort Scott, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at his home following a cancer illness. Services for Joe Meeks will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Fort Scott Community College's softball team split with Barton, a Division I Jayhawk Conference-Western Division team, in a non-league doubleheader at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Wednesday afternoon. The Greyhounds rallied to win game one, 9-8, in eight innings and hand the Cougars their first loss of the season. However, Barton rolled in the second game, 19-4...

James E. "Jim" Stainbrook, age 82 of La Cygne, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. Funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 at the La Cygne, Kansas United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

HESSTON -- Fort Scott Community College's women's basketball team was eliminated from the post-season here Tuesday night following a 51-45 loss to Hesston in the final game of the regular season. As the No. 7 seed in Region VI-Division II, the Greyhounds (2-10 region, 13-17 overall) missed out on the playoffs, which begin with two first-round games Saturday...

Charles Hunter Reeves II, age 43, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. He was born May 22, 1971, in Groton, Conn., the son of Dr. Charles Stewart Reeves and Harriett Carr Reeves. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1989. ...

Mary Louella LaRue, age 70, a resident of rural Bronson, Kan., died early Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, at her home. She was born Dec. 20, 1944, in San Diego, Calif., the daughter of John Esch and Louella Lunceford Esch. She married Edward LaRue on May 4, 1968, at Pittsburg, Kan. Mary attended the Catholic church and enjoyed flower gardening...

HESSTON -- Peyton Thompson made just three shots for Hesston here Wednesday night. But they were daggers to the hopes of Fort Scott Community College's men to draw a bye in the first round of the Region VI-Division II Tournament, which begins Saturday...

Dr. Everett Max Coon, age 81 years old, of Knoxville, Tenn., died at home on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Born in Prescott, Kan., on Feb. 2, 1934, Everett was preceded in death by parents, Ralph and Edna Mae Coon; sister, Ann Dillie; and son, Leon Coon. Everett is survived by his wife of 63 years, Nelda, who he met in high school and married shortly thereafter in 1952. ...