Stories from Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Two more individuals have been arrested in an ongoing drug investigation involving local law enforcement agencies and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. According to arrest reports from the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, 24-year-old Brianna M. Page was arrested at 9:53 p.m. Friday by the Fort Scott Police Department. Also, Maria Elena Durbin, 30, was arrested at 3:17 a.m. Monday by the FSPD...

The next court date in the case of a Fort Scott man facing charges of felony murder and child abuse was set during a brief hearing Monday in Bourbon County District Court. Anthony M. Anderson, 21, who faces charges for his alleged involvement in the death of a 6-month-old boy in late April, appeared in court with his attorney, Robert Myers, a Columbus lawyer. Also present was Assistant Attorney General Steven A. Karrer, who is representing the state in the prosecution...

Fort Scott Community College Interim President Dick Hedges said his good-byes during the Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees meeting Monday. Hedges was a FSCC Trustee when he was selected to be interim president following the resignation of former President Clayton Tatro in July 2014...

Baccalaureate and graduation ceremonies were held for seniors at Fort Scott and Uniontown high schools Saturday.

Michael Wayne-William Cox, age 13, died as the result of a canoe accident on Saturday, May 16, 2015. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 22, 2015 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. ...

Donna Louise (Sizemore) Joles, 60, passed away May 4, 2015. A former resident of Fort Scott, she resided in Wichita. An avid reader and talented artist, she will be missed. She was a writer who loved to read and an educator who loved to learn. She never missed an opportunity to share a story or befriend a stranger. ...

John Carl Johnson, age 90, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Friday, May 15, 2015 at Prescott Country View. He was born at Linnville, Kan., on Oct. 29, 1924 the son of Harley Otis and Pearl May Shaffer Johnson. He attended school at Linnville and Mound City. ...

Frances A. Merrell, 103, of Fort Scott, died Saturday morning, May 16, 2015 at Guest Home Estates. She was born Dec. 28, 1911 in a covered wagon in Indian Territory in Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Sterling and Octa (Morris) Anderson. She married Jeff Merrell Dec. 7, 1941 in Miami, Okla. He preceded her in death Nov. 17, 1991...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's softball team rolled over fifth-seeded Coffeyville here Monday, 15-0, to coast into today's Chanute Class 4A-Division I Regional Softball Tournament championship game against host Chanute. Coffeyville pounced on fourth-seeded Labette County, 15-4, in the first game of the day. Then Chanute (11-8) knocked second-seeded Independence out of the tourney, 8-5...

Fort Scott, Labette County face off tonight for 4A-I State tourney berth

June Hereford, age 88, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, May 15, 2015, at the Fort Scott Manor. She was born Oct. 12, 1926, in Fort Scott, the daughter of James H. Lang and Leona G. Potter Lang. June graduated from Fort Scott High School. ...