Stories from Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Christopher Reuben Messer, 49, of Fort Scott passed away Monday morning, February 29, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. He was born July 13, 1966 in Houston, Texas, the son of Clarence Rickett and Patricia Ann (Roberts) Messer. He married Kimberly Jean Hurd June 2, 2000 in New Orleans, La., and she survives of the home...

Mary Lillie Hess, age 91, Hume, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. She was born on Sept. 4, 1924 at Mapleton, Kan., the daughter of William and Dovie Crebs Potter. She attended school at Fulton, Kan., and her final two years of high school at Hume, Mo. ...

Mabel "June" Bolton, 88, of Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Mindenmines, Mo., died at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 at Medicalodges of Fort Scott, Kan. Mrs. Bolton was born June 14, 1927 at Pittsburg, Kan., the daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Eccher Cignetti. June was a homemaker who has resided in Mindenmines for 79 years. She was raised in Mindenmines and graduated from Mindenmines High School...

After meeting with a state senator and staff from the Bourbon County Attorney's office Tuesday, Bourbon County Commissioners voted to support a bill that they hope will resolve a longstanding concern some residents and officials in Drywood and Scott townships have with the Garland Fire District...

The USD 234 Board of Education heard some positive news Tuesday about the district's ongoing school bond projects and also approved the next wave of projects. Steve Bennett, senior project manager for Nabholz Construction Services of Olathe, and Ed Carlson with Hollis and Miller Architects of Overland Park, updated the board on the status of the district's $40.8 million school bond projects...

UNIOTNOWN --Uniontown's basketball teams swept Oxford here Tuesday night in a Sedan Class 2A Sub-State Tournament first-round doubleheader at the West Bourbon Elementary School gymnasium. Eagle girls, the No. 2 seed, routed Oxford by a score of 44-11. Uniontown (14-7) allowed just 2 points in the second half, posting a shutout in the third quarter...

Fort Scott Community College's men got off to a rough start in Tuesday night's Region VI-Division II Tournament semifinal game versus Brown Mackie at Arnold Arena. But they recovered and took the lead at halftime and looked to be getting stronger early in the second half...