Stories from Friday, April 14, 2017

Eric E. Kleweno, age 59, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Thursday, April 13, 2017. He was born on Oct. 5, 1957 at Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Eugene and Geraldine Martin Kleweno. He graduated from Fort Scott High School. Eric was wed to Janet Black on Dec. ...

Thomas C. Gorman, 71, of Fort Scott, died Wednesday evening, April 12, 2017, at Mercy Hospital. He was born March 30, 1946, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Thomas James and AnnaBelle (Hall) Gorman. He married Jill Marie Lewis on Nov. 29, 1968, at Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Fort Scott...

(Beverly) Anne Reno, 83, of Kearney, MO., died at her home Wednesday evening, April 12, 2017. She was born June 9, 1933 in Putnam City, MO., the daughter of Woodrow Hiram and Rowena (Michael) Johnson. She married Gary Lee Reno, June 13, 1998 in Excelsior Springs, Mo. He preceded her in death June 15, 2016...

Two Fort Scott High School students on Monday had a lesson on the value of theatre education for the USD 234 Board of Education. Hunter Parker and Hunter Adamson, who are part of the FSHS Thespian Troupe, presented information to the board on the theatre program’s recent honors and accomplishments, and also talked about how their involvement in theatre and the arts has impacted them...

The Bourbon County Law Enforcement Construction site is a busy place as workers are laying blocks, installing ductwork, and marking lines on the floor where walls should be. On Wednesday, Commission Chairman Lynne Oharah spoke about the project to members of the Fort Scott Rotary...

Fort Scott High School’s traveled to Parsons on consecutive days earlier this week. Tuesday, the Tigers went there to participate in Labette County High’s home tournament. Wednesday, they returned to take part in Parsons’ tournament. Both doubles teams were 3-0 and won their respective brackets on Tuesday. ...

The Fort Scott Community College Men’s Basketball Program will host the annual Pechone Stepps High School All-Star Games on April 23 at Arnold Arena, The girls’ game will begin at 2 p.m. and the boys’ game will begin at 4 p.m. “This event will feature some of the top athletes from the Southeast Kansas area, and some of those athletes are future Greyhounds,” FSCC Head Men’s Basketball Coach Michael Cook says...

Fort Scott High School’s softball team swept Parsons at Don Hewett Field Tuesday and took over first place in the Southeast Kansas League. The Tigers (4-0 SEK, 6-2 overall) won game one, 6-5, and game two, 16-5 in 4 1/2 innings. The Tigers are two wins ahead of Independence (2-0, 5-0) and Labette County (2-0, 7-1). Parsons fell to 1-3, 1-5...

MOUND CITY — Uniontown’s baseball team split a Three Rivers League doubleheader against Jayhawk-Linn here Thursday, winning the opener 7-5 but falling in the nightcap 8-0. The Eagles (4-1) trailed 4-0 going into the top of the fifth inning in the first game but tied the game with 4 runs. Jayhawk-Linn reclaimed the lead with a single run in the bottom of the fifth...

Fort Scott Community College’s softball team lost four games over the past two days in Region VI play., three of them by run rule The Greyhounds were swept by Hesston Thursday, 3-2 and 9-0. They were swept by Hutchinson Friday, 8-0 and 11-3, in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play...

A 7-run third inning put Pittsburg in front for good at Dave Regan Stadium Friday afternoon as the Purple Dragons went on to beat Fort Scott High, 14-3, in a Southeast Kansas League game. Pittsburg (6-0 SEK, 7-2 overall), coming off a Wednesday night road shutout of Rogers (Ark.)-Heritage, scored a single tally in the top of the second. The Tigers (2-2, 3-5) answered with 3 in the bottom half...

PITTSBURG — In the first Southeast Kansas League designated golf tournament at Independence April 6, Fort Scott High’s team shot a 365 which was good enough for them to lay stake to second place in the league standings. But here on Tuesday, the Tigers added 5 strokes to their score. That may not seem like much, but their 370 was good for only seventh place at the Pittsburg Invitational, the second SEK tournament, and saw the Tigers fall two places in team standings...

Just two weekends ago, Fort Scott Community College’s baseball team played Allen in four games over two days for the lead in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division. The Greyhounds took three of the four and looked as though they had taken control of the division race...