Stories from Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Hundreds of community members watch as Fort Scott High School students clothed in lavish attire walk down a red aisle for the 2016 FSHS Prom walk-in to the Liberty Theatre entrance. The prom was held Saturday with the theme of "Alice in Wonderland." Graduation is this week, with baccalaureate set for 4 p.m. in the Fort Scott High School gym and the graduation ceremony at 8 p.m. at Frary Field...

Before attending an appearance in civil court May 2, Drywood Township Trustee Darrell Bloomfield and Scott Township Clerk Don Banwart talked to Bourbon County Commissioners on April 26 about their concerns with the Garland Fire District No. 2. Bloomfield and Banwart had been summoned with a restraining order and injunction to prohibit them and members of their township boards from replacing members of the Garland Fire Board, naming a new temporary fire chief and taking control of a key and fire board paperwork.. ...

The 44th annual Bronson Day celebration was held Saturday in the Bronson City Park. The day included a large variety of activities, including a parade, horseshoe pitching tournaments, a pet walk, quilt show, art and photography exhibits, an antique tractor pull, a turtle race and basketball tournament. The theme for the celebration was "Home Town Pride."...

PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's Dylan O'Neal was the Eagles' highest finisher at the Three Rivers League Golf Tournament here Monday. O'Neal shot 109 in finishing in 11th place. Ty Covey was 16th with his score of 133 and Hayden Schaaf was 18th with his 139...

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis season came to a close here Friday as each entry was one-and-done at the Independence Class 4A Regional Tournament. "We knew it would be a tough tournament and it was," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "We had several of our players who had been sick most of the week, battling the nagging cough, etc., which made things even a little tougher...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School athletes earned a total of 18 medals at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday. Tiger boys earned nine medals, which included a pair of seconds. Nick Woods was second in discus with a throw of 146 feet, 8 inches. Josh Hudiburg was sixth with a mark of 122' 6". Dylan Untereker of Pittsburg won the event at 153' 2"...

SHAWNEE MISSION -- Fort Scott High School senior Cassidy Westhoff broke school records in both the 1,600- and 3,200-meter races at the Shawnee Mission North Relays here Friday. Westhoff turned in a time of 5:05.54 in the 1,600 but finished fourth as the event turned out to be one of the fastest races in Kansas history as both the winner and the runner-up, Girard's Callie Logue and Shawnee Mission Northwest's Molly Born, broke the meet record. ...

GARDEN CITY -- Fort Scott Community College baseball bounced back from what could have been a back-breaking 10-9 loss in game one of a best-of-three Region VI First-Round Playoff Series against Garden City at Williams Stadium here Saturday afternoon. But the Greyhounds held off the Broncbusters in game two -- also by a 10-9 score -- to force a winner-take-all game on Sunday...

Karen Kay Mann, age 71, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Monday, May 9, 2016 at her home. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. The family suggests contributions to Mercy Hospice. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel...

Melvin W. Harris, 80 of Frontenac, died at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday May 10 2016 at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. He was born Aug. 5, 1935 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Arthur C. and Goldia May (Duncan) Harris. He graduated from Fort Scott High School, received an associate's degree in social sciences from Fort Scott Community College, and attended Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg...