Stories from Friday, January 15, 2016

Ethel Edith Smith, age 83, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., went to be with her Lord on Thursday, Jan. 14,, 2016, at her home in Fort Scott. She was born Feb. 12, 1932, in Stevens County, Minn., the daughter of David George Massner and Carrie Louise Reber Massner. ...

The annual Fort Scott Youth Basketball Tournament, which serves as a fundraiser for the FSHS basketball boosters, will be held this weekend at four locations with 29 teams in six age groups scheduled to play. The first games will tip off at 9 a.m. Saturday morning at Fort Scott High School, Fort Scott Middle School, Buck Run Community Center and the old middle school gymnasium. Sunday's slate of games begins at 11 a.m...

The Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament schedule has been released and Uniontown's boys will be the No. 2 seed while Eagle girls have been assigned the No. 4 seed. Uniontown's boys (6-3), one of only two teams with winning records, will play their first-round game Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m. against Altoona-Midway (0-5) in the north gymnasium. Eagle girls (4-5) will follow with a game against fifth-seeded Olathe Heritage Christian (3-3) at 5:30 in the south gym...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Fort Scott High School senior Brody Southwell was slected to participate in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl, which will be held at EverBank Field, home of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars Saturday. Southwell, one of two Kansans participating, is on the roster as a kicker. ...

Brown Mackie men control OT, down Greyhounds 78-70

New Codes Officer Kandyce Cox made her debut Tuesday evening at the Uniontown City Council monthly meeting. Her job is to notify citizens of ordinance violations and follow-up to make sure violation abatement has been completed, City Clerk Sally Johnson told the Tribune. The council hired Cox in November...

New Codes Officer Kandyce Cox made her debut Tuesday evening at the Uniontown City Council monthly meeting. Her job is to notify citizens of ordinance violations and follow-up to make sure violation abatement has been completed, City Clerk Sally Johnson told the Tribune. The council hired Cox in November...

The USD 235 Board of Education announces three finalists for the positon of superintendent/secondary principal. Each finalist will participate in a daylong interview next week. The day will consist of meetings with faculty, staff, students and community, ending with an interview with the board of education...

The aim of a Fort Scott High School student project is to move toward a more energy-efficient future. A group of dual credit speech students at FSHS gave a presentation to the USD 234 Board of Education Monday on a class project that involved the proposed use of solar panels within the school district...

Mary "Dee" Branizor Daum, age 86, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, at her home. She was born on April 16, 1929, in Mound City, Kan., the daughter of Paul and Naomi Dory Hendrickson. She married Donald Lee Branizor on April 19, 1947, in Fort Scott. ...