Stories from Friday, February 19, 2016

Fort Scott Director of Economic Development Heather Smith updated city commissioners Tuesday on efforts tied to the arts and economic development, as well as an April arts festival in Fort Scott. Smith discussed planning for the "2nd Story Festival of Arts & Ideas," a two-day weekend April 8-9 that is scheduled to include a gathering of artists and business entrepreneurs. Commissioners also approved contributing to a grant recently awarded to help with the event...

More than 20 years as a coach hasn't slowed the wins for Fort Scott High School Head Boys' Basketball Coach Jeff DeLaTorre. Already FSHS' winningest coach, DeLaToree recently added his 300th win to his record. The win came on Friday, Feb. 5, against Parsons at FSHS...

ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High School's freshmen girls fell to Labette County here Tuesday night, 39-28. Labette led throughout, holding a 13-7 margin at the first break and 19-11 at the half. "Offensively, we did a lot of good things," freshmen coach oach Kori Dodson. "However, defensively we really struggled against their size."...

Sub-State basketball tournaments begin February 29 for Class 2A schools and March 3 for Class 4A-Division I teams. The Sub-States will be seeded next week. The champions of each tournament will move on to the State tournament in their respective classes...

The group that became known last year as the "Freshmen Trio," Derek Bollinger, Zarek Fewell and Alex Gorman, will begin their quests to return to the Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament this afternoon as the Columbus Class 4A Regional Tournament gets underway...

HIGHLAND -- Without Kamiron Luptak, the second-leading scorer in Jayhawk Conference-Division II, here Wednesday night, Fort Scott Community College's women struggled in a 73-35 loss to No. 4-ranked Highland. The Greyhounds (1-4 divison, 14-13 overall) made just 10 of 47 field-goal attempts on the night, shooting 21 percent from the field. They were just 1 of 17 from the 3-point line...

Fort Scott Community College baseball completed a season-opening series sweep of Cloud County Tuesday at Dave Regan Stadium. The Greyhounds (4-0) took the opener 4-3 and won the second game 6-1. Fort Scott claimed the lead for good in the opener with a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. ...

HIGHLAND -- Dametrius Walker scored 34 points on 14-of-17 field-goal shooting here Wednesday night. But that effort, his second consecutive game of at least 30 points, was not enough as Fort Scott Community College's men fell to Highland, 70-63, in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play...

Flora Rosella Smith, age 98, a resident of Lamar, Mo., died early Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, at the Truman Health and Rehab Center in Lamar. She was born Sept. 9, 1917, in Bourbon County, Kan., the daughter of George C. Reno and Grace Koontz Reno. She married Clark Henry Smith on Jan. ...

David Gordon Sweat, age 40, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 22, 2016 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. ...