Stories from Friday, June 10, 2016

Gary Hall Niemann, age 71, resident of Overland Park, Kan., died Monday, June 6, 2016, at the University of Kansas Hospital. There was cremation. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 13, in the U.S. National Cemetery, Fort Scott. The family will receive friends at the Cheney Witt Chapel from 10 a.m. ...

Morris Vernon Wrench, age 80, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, June 7, at Mercy Hospital. He was born on July 23, 1935, in Fort Scott, the son of James Wrench and Christine Vann Wrench Anthony. Morris was baptized at Wayman Chapel A.M.E Methodist Church at an early age. ...

Leslie Waldo Haines, Sr., 82, of Milo, Mo., died Saturday afternoon, June 4, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born Dec. 18, 1933 in Wichita, Kan., the son of Harry Waldo and Vera Isabelle (Woodman) Haines. He married Betty Jane Smith July 5, 1953 in Wichita, Kan., and she survives of the home...

Glen Sewell, 93, of Fort Scott, died Wednesday evening, June 8, 2016 at Mercy Hospital. He was born Aug. 18, 1922 in Sabetha, Kan., the son of Glen Roy Sewell, Sr. and Mallie Belle (Hammond) Sewell. He married Esther Anne (Weeks) Woods, his wife of 66 years, on Aug. 14, 1948 in Lawrence, Kan., and she survives of the home...

Fort Scott High School's boys' basketball program will host a camp next week, June 13-16, at Buck Run Community Center, 735 Scott Ave. There will be two grade levels for campers. Camp for those entering grades 2-5 in the upcoming school year will be held from 1-2:30 p.m. each day. Camp for sixth-through-eighth graders will be held from 2:30 to 4 p.m...

The Kansas Indians 18-and-under team, a local summer baseball team which includes players from Fort Scott, won two games Thursday in the second Fort Scott Community College Showcase at Dave Regan Stadium. The Indians defeated Mac-N-Seitz Jackson, 4-3, in the morning and Sluggers Red, 13-3 in four innings, in the early afternoon...

The Fort Scott City Commission on Tuesday discussed the future of dilapidated properties on North National Avenue. Commissioners had prepared to vote on accepting a bid for demolition of buildings at 118 and 120 N. National Ave., during their regular meeting but information presented at the meeting turned discussion toward a different path...

Susan Stern is Fort Scott born and raised and began dancing as a three-year-old. Her cousin Thelma Parker taught dance to her mother, and then Susan started taking lessons. "Thelma put in a 50-year career," Stern said. "I always loved to dance. It was a way of life. You go to school, you go to dance class."...