Stories from Friday, April 8, 2016

Ronald D. Reasoner, 65, of Redfield, passed away at his home Wednesday evening, April 6, 2016. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

V. H. Gulliford, age 91, resident of Nevada, Mo., died Sunday, April 3, 2016, at the KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. He was born on Dec. 6, 1924, in Moundville, Mo., the son of Edward and Alta Janes Gulliford. He married Hazel Marie Bley on April 30, 1947, in Fort Scott, Kan. ...

Margaret Mae Brownie Hartman, 80, of Uniontown and Rose Hill, passed away at home with her family Monday evening, April 4, 2016 in Rose Hill, Kan.She was born Feb. 23, 1936 in Bristol, Tenn., the daughter of Airy Newell and Burnice Blanche (Millsap) Leonard. She grew up in Indiana and McCune, Tenn...

A jury on Thursday found a man facing several felony charges not guilty of five counts of rape and guilty on one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. A three-day jury trial in the case of Brady F. Toole, 25, concluded Thursday afternoon after the jury issued its verdict following more than three hours of deliberation. Bourbon County District Judge Mark Ward presided over proceedings, which began Tuesday with jury selection...

Fort Scott City Commissioners on Tuesday approved moving forward with the first step in a process to bring future events to Memorial Hall. During the commission's regular meeting, Director of Economic Development Heather Smith introduced Cameron Cowell and Skip James representing Last Farmhouse Film, Inc., based in the Kansas City area. Cowell provided some history on himself and the company and said the company is interested in pursuing a possible lease agreement for Memorial Hall...

Small jazz ensemble, The Branford Marsalis Quartet, perform Thelonius Monk's "Teo" Thursday evening in the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center. The performance was made possible by the Key Charitable Trust and the Bourbon County Arts Council...

IOLA -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity golf team finished in second place here at the Iola Invitational. Some schedules may have had this event listed as a varsity event. The varsity competed today at Independence. The Tigers shot 226 as a team in the nine-hole affair. Iola was the winner with a score of 217...

OSWEGO -- Uniontown's Shalina Harper won two events and Ben George won one at the Oswego track meet here Tuesday. Harper won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:43 and also won the 1,600 in 6:10. She also finished second in javelin. George won triple jump with a distance of 37 feet, 8 inches. He also finished fifth in high jump and sixth in the 400 meters...

Fort Scott High School's softball team needed some extra time but got a sweep of rival Pittsburg in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader at Don Hewett Field Thursday. The Tigers (2-0 SEK, 7-1 overall) won the first game 12-6 but needed nine innings to take the second game, 16-15. Pittsburg (0-4, 1-9) came into the doubleheader on a seven-game losing streak but gave their rival everything they could...