Stories from Tuesday, April 14, 2015

NEVADA -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team won three matches in an old-school nine-match dual against Nevada here Friday. Raifen Cruse was the Tigers' only winner in singles and was a par of one of two winning teams in doubles play. "We played better at times," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's boys picked up a pair of seconds in throwing events while girls' distance-running events featured some of the best times in Kansas this season at the Pittsburg State University Gorilla Relays here Friday. Nick Woods finished in second place in discus with a distance of 146 feet, 11 inches on his fifth throw in the event. Dylan Untereker of Pittsburg went 148' 7" on his first throw and made it hold up...

HUTCHINSON -- Following Friday's sweep at Hesston, Fort Scott Community College's softball team had moved up into the No. 8 position for Region VI-Division II post- season tournament seeding and were just a few games out from having home-field advantage in the first round...

A split of their weekend series with last-place Allen was not what Fort Scott Community College's baseball team was looking for in the Greyhounds' quest to finish with the best seed possible in the upcoming Region VI Tournament. But thanks to Johnson County, the 'Hounds finished the weekend in better position than they were going in...

Tray, Mary, Haley and Julia Maloun, children of Kim and Bob Hanson, dance with the Fort Scott Community College mascot, Gizmo (Michael Flater), Saturday during the Fort Scott Community College Community Appreciation event. There were several activities for children held throughout the event...

The USD 234 Board of Education on Monday approved work concerning the $40.8 million school bond package approved by voters in November. District officials plan to address asbestos clean-up at three district schools at the conclusion of the current school year. Then, bond project work is expected to start in late May or early June at Fort Scott High School with improvements scheduled to be made at the high school buildings and the nearby district football stadium...

The number of votes changed slightly, but the outcome of the election deciding a $6.8 million bond issue to fund a new county jail remained the same after the county commissioners canvassed and considered provisional ballots Monday. The final tally of the votes is 1,031 in favor and 1,015 against implementing a .4 percent countywide retail sales tax in October...

Edith Arlene Hawkins (nee Mitchell), April 11, 2015, Martinez, Calif., resident. Edith was born in Mulberry, Kan., Jan. 26, 1934 and grew up in Fort Scott, Kan. She moved to California in 1960. She is survived by her loving family, daughters Beverley Forrest and Wilma Hawkins (Patrice); grandchildren, Sebastian Paulson (Lindsey), Wesley Paulson (Krista) and Brooke Vance; her great-grandchildren, Madison, Christian, Damien, Wyatt, Noelle and Sean; her brothers Dean (Effie) and Ben (Pat) Mitchell; and many nieces and nephews. ...

Arthur Junior Kyser of Elsmore, Kan., passed away on Monday, April 13, 2015 at Prairie Mission Retirement Home in St. Paul, Kan. He was born April 25, 1928, at Savonburg, Kan., to Arthur E. and Florence (Hawkins) Kyser. He graduated from Hepler Rural High School in 1946. ...

e city-owned Woodland Hills Golf Course is slowly beginning to take shape. Since late 2014, a group of Fort Scott Community College Construction Trades students and their instructor, Kim Coates, have been working on an approximately 2,000-square-foot clubhouse that would eventually replace the current old clubhouse. The construction project is being funded through fundraisers and donations...

USD 235 Board of Education approved the negotiated agreement with the Uniontown Teachers' Association Monday night following a 25-minute executive session. "There is no increase to the base salary but all teachers will get to move on the salary schedule," Superintendent Randy Rockhold said. "This will result in a $600 increase for each staff member. Supplemental salaries will increase two percent, and we will contribute $96 more per year for insurance."...

Bourbon County Undersheriff Ben Cole hands a coupon pack to motorists Tuesday morning at the Wall Street railroad crossing as Kansas Highway Patrol Master Trooper Jeff Scott watches traffic. The Fort Scott Police Department and Bourbon County Sheriff's Office joined the KHP Tuesday in an effort to promote safety at railroad crossings...