Stories from Monday, February 27, 2017

Carol Ann Newman, 61 of Moran passed away Feb. 21, 2017 at Olathe Medical Center. She was born Oct. 5, 1955 in Kansas City, Mo., to Glenn and Florence (Runkle) Nichols. She lived in Kansas City until she was a teenager and was active in 4-H growing up. ...

Rushton Joseph "Peanut" Hicks, 19-month-old son of Jason and Nicole Pearson Hicks, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2017 in Seattle, Wash. He was born July 14, 2015 in Fort Scott. Pastor Ben Heffernan will conduct funeral services at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 1, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. ...

Clifford DeWayne Benbrook, age 45, Paola, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2019 at the Miami County Medical Center. Funeral service will be held 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 at the Schneider Funeral Home, Pleasanton Chapel. ...

Dr. Richard A. Brooker, age 86, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, at the Washington Regional Hospital in Fayetteville, Ark. He was born Sept. 7, 1930, in Fort Scott, the son of Alvin J. Brooker and Martha Louise Fick Brooker. ...

Both of Fort Scott High School's basketball teams face an uphill battle at the Spring Hill Class 4A-Division I Sub-State Tournament this coming weekend. Both teams are the No. 4 seed, meaning each one has to face the top seed in the first round. Boys' tournament play begins Thursday night with the Tigers (5-15) facing the host school, Spring Hill (11-9) at 6 p.m. ...