Stories from Saturday, December 3, 2016

Melba Pauline Crabtree, 82, Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Melba was born Dec. 23, 1933 in Foster, Mo., to Claude G. and Lorene M. (Hooper) Hines. In 1952 she was united in marriage to Robert Kinney and to this union six children were born. She later married Hal Crabtree on Feb. 29, 1984 and he preceded her in death in 2012...

Roy Edgar Reeder, age 77, a resident of Uniontown, Kan., passed away, early Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, in Shawnee, Kan. He was born March 12, 1939, at the family farm near Uniontown, the son of Thomas Albert Reeder and Illah Irene Shull Reeder. Roy attended school at Walnut Hill School and later Uniontown High School. ...

David Allen Woodall, age 79, resident of Redfield, Kan., died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo. Jim Marion will conduct funeral services at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the U.S. ...

The Bourbon County Commission plans to take another look at the county's policy concerning vicious dogs. During the commission's Tuesday meeting, County Couselor Justin Meeks said he was contacted Monday about the county's vicious dog policy. Meeks said the term of "vicious dog" may need to be defined more specifically as officials look at possibly updating the policy...

Two Pittsburg State University students from Fort Scott are making sure the young and the elderly receive help this Christmas season. Kelli Davis and Janderon Harrison, both social work students at PSU, are nearing completion of class projects to provide assistance during the holidays. Davis' goal in her project is to help elderly in the area and Harrison's project is designed to help area youth...

Volunteer re-enactors, from left, Brett Dawson, Arnold Schofield and Steve Weldon, prepare for a scene Friday night that is part of the 35th annual Candlelight Tour at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. The scene, geared toward the National Park Service Centennial, features a reunion of the Sixth Kansas Cavalry in 1916, the year the NPS was organized...

The Kansas State High School Activities Association released Sub-State assignments for basketball and Regional assignments for wrestling on its web site Wednesday morning. Fort Scott High School's basketball teams will be playing in a Class 4A-Division I Sub-State Tournament at Spring Hill this season. Louisburg and Paola will be the other schools participating in the four-team Sub-State. The tournament will be held March 2-4...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's basketball seasons opened with a sweep of rival Marmaton Valley Friday night in non-games played at the West Bourbon Elementary School gymnasium. The girls started off the night with a 46-24 win while the boys claimed a 56-39 victory...

SEDALIA, Mo. -- Sophomore Dametrius Walker's juco-best 38 points weren't enough as Fort Scott Community College's men fell by one point to Division I State Fair here Wednesday night, 71-70. Walker made 11 of 14 field-goal attempts and 16 of 19 free-throws to beat his previous best of 34 points set against Highland last February. Walker also grabbed 10 rebounds and handed out 5 assists. Tyler Zinn added 13 points but went just 4 of 14 from the field...

SEDALIA, Mo. ­-- The best-ever start to a season for Fort Scott Community College's women's basketball team continued here Wednesday night as the Greyhounds improved to 9-0 with a 77-74 win over State Fair. Yazmin Batch came off the bench to lead Fort Scott with 17 points. Jordyn Danzer and Sarah Kelley each added 13 as the 'Hounds shot 53 percent from the field, making 28 of 53 field-goal attempts...

WILLARD, Mo. -- The first night of the 29th annual Willard Tri-State Classic didn't go very well for either of Fort Scott High School's basketball teams. But Friday night, both teams were able to stage rallies that got them in good position in the fourth quarter before the opponent pulled away...