Stories from Friday, September 22, 2017

Betty Jo Clayton, age 91, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. Services for Betty Jo Clayton will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

City and county government leaders have shown support for a proposed economic development project that would result in improvements for a local car dealership. During special meetings Thursday, the Bourbon County Commission and Fort Scott City Commission approved documents as part of a three-party agreement and sales tax rebate proposal that calls for interior and exterior improvements at Briggs Auto located at 1819 S. Main St...

A decision was made Thursday to use a more expensive epoxy coating on the Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center concrete floors. Even though the material will cost more than the sealant specified for the project, the $6.2 million guaranteed maximum price for the project will not change and no change order will be required, according to Gary Walker, project leader from Universal Construction Contractors of Lenexa, which is the construction manager-at risk...

Fort Scott High School students Emma Davis and Micah Self are all smiles after being named FSHS Homecoming Queen and King Friday night at Frary Field. The homecoming ceremony took place prior to the football game between Fort Scott and Pittsburg. A dance followed in the high school commons area...

Fort Scott Middle School’s eighth-grade football team shut out visiting Independence, 22-0, at Frary Field Thursday night as the Tigers played their first home games of the season. Scott Tome scored the Tigers’ first touchdown for a 6-0 lead in the first quarter. ...

CHEROKEE — Fort Scott High’s girls took five of the top six spots in the varsity race at Southeast here Thursday and won the event by 43 points. Fort Scott’s boys were also team champions, winning by 10 points over Galena. Tiger girls took five of the top six places with Paxsten Eads winning in 21:25 followed by Gabbie Clements in 22:03 and Macayla McClure in 22:43. ...

FREDONIA — Two Uniontown golfers competed at a varsity meet here Thursday. Libby Franks shot a 59 for the Eagles in the nine-hole tournament, which put her 23rd, while Laryn Thompson tied for 25th with a 62. The Eagles host their home invitational at 1 p.m. Monday at Woodland Hills Golf Course...

OTTAWA — Fort Scott Community College’s volleyball team, ranked No. 13 this week in NJCAA Division II, defeated Ottawa University’s junior varsity 3 sets to 1 here Thursday night, 25-17, 22-25, 25-18, 25-21. Kayln Beel led Fort Scott (12-4) with 12 kills followed by Deardin Kelley and Brittany Barnekoff with 9 each and Megan Turner with 8...

ARMA — Northeast High School played host to a Three Rivers League quadrangular Tuesday night and won one of the three matches it played. Uniontown was also here and posted a sweep of the two teams it played. Northeast lost to Yates Center, 25-10, 25-18, and to Uniontown, 13-25, 25-15, 25-23, before winning over St. Paul in the final match, 24-26, 28-26, 25-9...

Fort Scott High’s girls finished second in their home tennis invitational Tuesday and had a champion entry in No. 2 doubles. “The girls had a good tournament in our only home match of the season,” Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. “They should be very proud of the way they competed. Everyone played some good tennis and everyone placed.”...

Fort Scott High scored first, held a lead for most of the first half and played fairly evenly with visiting Pittsburg Friday night at Frary Field. But the advantage provided by Pittsburg’s passing game proved to be the difference as the Purple Dragons defeated the Tigers for the fifth consecutive time, this by a score of 45-19...