Stories from Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Truman Lee “Papo” Coleman, age 71, of Mound City, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017 at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born on Nov. 5, 1946 at Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Howard and Lavon Clayton Coleman. He married Judy Burkhead on Aug. 6, 1965. She preceded him in death on Feb. 28, 2014...

Auston Charles Lewis, age 86, of Greenfield, Mo., passed away Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, at Mercy Hospital Springfield, Mo. He was born on Aug. 1, 1931, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Henry and Ethel Atkins Lewis. Auston married Fannie Wood in 1949, they later divorced. He then married Lila Hayes, on June 11, 1955, she preceded him in death on Nov. 23, 2009. He then married Linda Thompson on Jan. 12, 2015. Auston was self-employed doing roofing and carpenter work...

Josephine Brillhart, age 91, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born Nov. 25, 1925, in Humboldt, Kan., the daughter of William Johnson and Lucy Mary McClanahan Johnson. She married Raymond D. ...

Janet Lee Gregory, 85, of Fort Scott, passed away Saturday evening, Nov. 4, 2017 at her home. Funeral arrangements for Janet will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home and the full obituary will appear in the weekend edition of the Tribune. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at konantz-cheney.com...

The unofficial results from the city and school board elections Tuesday shows show a light voter turnout and a tight race for a seat on the Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees. Of the 11,667 registered voters, 1,468 cast their ballots. Of those 303 were during the advanced voting, which began Oct. 30 and concluded at noon Monday...

Fort Scott High and De Soto will face off on the football field for the first time ever when the teams face each other in the Sectional round of the Class 4A-Division I playoffs Friday night at De Soto. Fort Scott (8-2) won its Regional game versus Southeast Kansas League rival Chanute, 50-14, at Frary Field Friday night in the first-ever post-season meeting between the schools. ...

Girls’ basketball season for Fort Scott Middle School opened Thursday with four games versus Independence at the FSMS gymnasium. The seventh-grade B team was the only Tiger team to come away with a win, beating Indy 16-15. Liberty Sigmon scored 14 of Fort Scott’s points...

Fort Scott Community Community College’s men have found the road to be pretty rough in its last three games. Over the weekend, the Greyhounds played in a “classic” hosted by North Iowa Area at Mason City and lost twice. Monday night, Division I Coffeyville handed the ’Hounds a fairly sound defeat...

OVERLAND PARK — Fort Scott Community College women’s basketball started off its season by splitting two games at a “classic” played at Johnson County over the weekend. Friday, the Greyhounds lost to North Central Missouri, 60-57, after being outscored in the fourth quarter, 19-10. Saturday, Fort Scott rolled by Penn Valley, Mo., 81-69...

HIGHLAND — Fort Scott Community College’s volleyball was eliminated in the first round of the Region VI-Division II District N Tournament here Saturday afternoon. Cowley, the No. 3 seed and ranked No. 7 in the NJCAA poll, swept the sixth-seeded Greyhounds, 25-22, 25-11, 25-20. The Tigers (37-6) went on to beat second-seeded Highland in the championship, 25-21, 25-17, 25-19, to advance to the NJCAA Division II National Tournament...

HUTCHINSON — After building a three-score lead with 10 1/2 minutes remaining in this Jayhawk Conference contest at Gowans Stadium here Saturday afternoon, Fort Scott Community College’s football team held off No. 20-ranked Hutchinson, 29-24, giving itself a chance to finish the season at .500 for first-year head coach Kale Pick...