Stories from Friday, September 30, 2016

Luann Dickerson Russo, age 64, passed away Sept. 25, 2016. She was born Oct. 5, 1951. Services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 15 at S. Mary's Cemetery. A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of The Tribune.

Charles Phillips, age 77, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 at his home. Funeral service will be held 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 at the Schneider Mound City Chapel. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at the chapel. Private family burial will be in the Prescott Cemetery. ...

Elizabeth May "Betty" (Parrish) Brazee of Overland Park, Kan., passed away Monday, Sept. 26, 2016 at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park at the age of 100. Betty was born on Feb. 4, 1916 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Harry Ellsworth and America Jane "Meckie" (Baker) Parrish. ...

A local law firm with more than a century of service in the community is closing its doors. The firm of Hudson & Mullies LLC, currently located in the Fort Scott Professional Building at 710 W. Eighth St., will close soon as attorney Leigh Hudson is planning to retire, attorney David Mullies retired a few years ago, and attorney Blake Hudson is moving to the office of another law firm...

A local woman received some faith-based help to beautify her house this summer. Volunteers representing the Bourbon County Parish, a group of nine United Methodist churches within Bourbon County, recently completed a project to revamp a dilapidated porch at the home of Joyce Findley, 1008 S. Main St...

Uniontown will face Olpe for the first time since 2009 when the teams meet in Olpe tonight. Uniontown is 2-2 on the season and comes off a loss last week to Kansas City Christ Prep at home. The Eagles have posted shutouts in both of their victories but have been shut out in both of their losses...

Having had 11 days off between games, it may be strange to realize some things about the Fort Scott Community College football team simply because ... well, as they say sometimes, "Out of sight, out of mind." The Greyhounds last played on Sept. 19 when they routed the Central Methodist University junior varsity, 70-0...

The player who is quite possibly the best offensive playmaker in the Southeast Kansas League will make an appearance at Frary Field tonight when Labette County (1-0 SEK, 3-1 overall) takes on Fort Scott High (2-1, 2-2). Isaiah McPherson (5' 11", 190, Sr.) put up good numbers last season when he rushed for 1,126 yards and 11 touchdowns. ...

YATES CENTER --Uniontown's volleyball team picked up three wins in a Three Rivers League quadrangular here Tuesday night. "I was very proud of the team," Eagle head coach Jackie Hall said. "We had to go to a 5-1 offense on Monday, which means Jimme Keller is our setter all the way around. ...

HIGHLAND -- Unranked Highland swept No. 14-ranked Fort Scott Community College here Wednesday night in a Jayhawk Conference-Division II volleyball dual. The Scotties (4-2 conference, 13-5 overall) have won seven of their last eight matches with the only loss in that stretch coming to No. 10 Coffeyville. Fort Scott (3-2, 15-4) lost for the second straight time, also falling at home last week to Neosho County in five sets...

Friday was undoubtedly a memorable day for about 95 new U.S. citizens. The prospective citizens, representing several countries and cultures, took the Oath of Citizenship pledge during U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas naturalization proceedings on the grounds of the Fort Scott National Historic Site...

Joseph M. Johnson, 64, of Fort Scott died Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 at his home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Richard Leon Bryant, age 65, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died early Thursday morning, Sept. 29, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. He was born Dec. 18, 1950, in Fort Scott, the son of Richard and Elizabeth West Bryant. He married Gayle Edwards in 1972. ...