Stories from Friday, May 22, 2015

ROSALIA -- Uniontown's softball team found itself in the Tuesday's championship game of the Rosalia-Flinthills Class 2-1A Regional Softball Tournament after beating the host school in Monday's semifinal, 14-13. "We had a couple of bad innings, but pulled it together in the last inning," Eagle head coach Paula Coyan said. "It was a good win for us and gave the girls a boost of confidence."...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's baseball team prevailed over Yates Center in a first-round Yates Center Class 2-1A Regional Tournament game here Monday, holding off a Wildcat rally to win 5-4. The Eagles went on to face top-seeded Rosalia-Flinthills in one of Tuesday's semifinals. The Mustangs won that game, 20-10, before losing to Colgan in the championship game, 14-4...

Fort Scott High School softball players and coaches post with the Regional championship plaque after defeating Chanute in the Chanute Class 4A-Division I Softball Tournament championship game at Chanute Tuesday night. Members of the team are (from left): FRONT -- Abby Denton, Katie Gorman, Emily Bowman, Abi Keating, Kyenne Wade and Meghan Guss; BACK -- Assistant coach Sean Krokroskia, assistant coach Whitney Durbin, Jenny Denton, Lindsey McNeil, Bailie Brown, Emily Hale, Skyelar Brown, Karlee Stanley, Taylor Krokroskia, Aubrey Ard, Lane Bohlken, Hannah Geneva and interim head coach Karen Curran. ...

Fort Scott High School senior Conner Antonetti has been a golfer long before going out for the Tiger team as a freshman. "When I was 2, I think, was when I first got a club in my hand, and since then, I've taken off with it," he said during a Thursday-afternoon interview at Woodland Hills Golf Course...

Donald Fink, 91 of Rural Fort Scott, died at his home Wednesday evening, May 20, 2015. Funeral arrangements for Donald Fink are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Galen L. Cherry, age 59, passed away on May 12, 2015. He left this world an adoring husband and a loving father. He was in the Army for 14 years and was proud to serve his country. He was preceded in death by his parents Robert Glenn Cherry Sr. and Mildred d'Arlene (Black) Cherry, as well as both sets of grandparents...

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...

The USD 234 Board of Education approved some employment items and purchases during a special meeting Wednesday afternoon. Following a 10-minute executive session that included USD 234 Superintendent Bob Beckham, the board approved various employment matters that included five resignations, one transfer and five hirings...

The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office has something to sell that is causing some historians to shake their heads. Sheriff Bill Martin told Bourbon County Commissioners Tuesday he would like to sell the M1921 Thompson machine gun that is owned by his office...

Fort Scott City Commissioners moved forward Tuesday with a plan to install new sidewalks along a portion of Wall Street on the east side of the city. During a public hearing at their regular meeting Tuesday, commissioners approved submitting a Wall Street sidewalk project to the Kansas Department of Commerce for Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Special Round funds...

Mary G. Malone, age 59, resident of St. Joseph, Mo., formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday morning, May 22, at her home. Services for Mary Malone will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Donald Lee Fink, 91, of rural Fort Scott, died at his home Wednesday evening, May 20, 2015. He was born July 16, 1923 in Redfield, Kan., the son of Gottlob Julius and Laura Frances (Ruthrauff) Fink. He married Alice Jean Endicott Dare Sept. 7, 1957 in Redfield, Kan., and she survives of the home...

West Bourbon Elementary School held their annual student award assemblies Tuesday morning, the last day of school in the district. The first assembly was for students first through third grade recognition, the second assembly recognized students fourth through sixth grade. ...

At the closing of the Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees meeting May 18, Trustee John Kerr asked about the breakdown of where the money brought in by the increase in student fees and tuition would be going. "When we voted on the fees last month, I thought we would have today some understanding of how we were going to spend those monies paying down that (athletic department) debt," Kerr said...

Development of the former Western Insurance building is now on track to continue. On Friday, Heather Griffith, director of economic development for Fort Scott, confirmed the news that Flint Hills Holding Group LLC, the property developers, have recently been allocated tax credits through the Kansas Housing Resource Corporation...

ers in the 1840s, Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War will be the theme of this year's events at Fort Scott National Historic Site during Memorial Day weekend. Soldiers at Fort Scott during the 1840s will be honored during Saturday's programs. The roar of the cannon will be heard as the site presents two artillery demonstrations at 10 a.m. ...

When: Thursday and Friday. Where: Dean Evans Stadium, Salina. First-round schedule: Bishop Miege (8: 10-12) vs. Topeka Hayden (1: 21-1), 11 a.m. Kansas City-Piper (5: 14-6) vs. Augusta (4: 16-6), 1:30. Rose Hill (7: 15-7) vs. Fort Scott (2: 17-4), 4 p.m. McPherson (6: 15-7) vs. Ottawa (3: 16-5)...