Stories from Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Bobbie E. Stewart, Lawton, was born April 4, 1940 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Victor and Marie (Branch) Stewart. He passed away Sunday, March 8, 2015 at his home with his wife, family, and friends by his side. He was 74 years old. A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. ...

The USD 234 elementary parent-teacher organization is spearheading a fundraising effort to get school supplies next school year for local kindergarten through fifth grade students. During its Monday meeting, the USD 234 Board of Education learned of the plan from Eugene Ware Principal Dave Elliott, who said the elementary PTO group will conduct a fundraiser with a goal of raising enough money to provide all K-5 students with school supplies for the 2015-16 school year...

Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin and Uniontown High School (UHS) Resource Officer and Bourbon County Deputy Logan Probasco came to the USD 235 Board of Education's monthly meeting Monday night to recommend the board send school representatives to an Alert Lockdown Inform Counter Evacuate (ALICE) training...

Visiting Longview held off a Fort Scott Community College rally in the bottom of the ninth inning at Lions Field Tuesday to take a single nine-inning non-conference contest, 8-6. Long-view led 5-0 after 2 1/2 innings. Fort Scott (4-11) got on the board on a 2-run home run by Josh Whisler in the bottom of the third. Kaden Shaffer, who reached base on a fielder's choice, also score on the homer, Whisler's second of the season...

Fort Scott Tigers Seed and record: 6th, 16-6 (10-2 Southeast Kansas League, 2nd). Record vs. 4A-Division I schools: 9-2. Record vs. Tournament teams: 2-0 (Chanute, 2-0). Paola Sub-State Seeded 1st. Def. No. 4 Louisburg, 65-49. Def. No. 2 Paola, 64-58...