Stories from Friday, January 12, 2018

Wesley Elmon Wallace, Jr., age 58, a resident of Garland, Kan., passed in to the loving arms of Jesus Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, at his home, after a 10-year battle with diabetes complications. He was born Aug. 30, 1959, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Wesley E. ...

Ruth O’Dell, age 84, a former resident of Mapleton, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, at the Fort Scott Manor in Fort Scott, Kan. She was born Jan. 21, 1933, on the family farm near Lacygne, Kan., the daughter of Clemmit Anderson and Edith Reynolds Anderson. ...

William Andrew “Bill” Heckman, age 85, a resident of Bronson, Kan., passed away Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, at his home in Bronson. He was born Jan. 17, 1932, in Hepler, Kan., the son of Andrew Joseph Heckman and Mamie Leah Dunbar Heckman. He married Pat Judd on Aug. 17, 1972. Bill constantly kept busy. He did farm work as well as mechanic work for many years. He also mowed yards...

John David McTheeney, age 67, a resident of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born Nov. 21, 1950, in Neelyville, Mo., the son of Andrew Washington McTheeney and Elise Mae Curtis McTheeney. John married Aletha Kyle on May 28, 1988 in Garnett, Kan. ...

Kamey Dee Fleener, 60, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan. Kamey was born Dec. 20, 1957 in Nevada, Mo., to Kenneth D. and Marcella F. (Hamilton) Scism. Kamey grew up in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School with the Class of 1976. Kamey lived most of her life in Nevada. She has lived in Xenia, Kan., since 2013...

Commissioners on Tuesday voted on a wage increase for hourly employees. Sheriff’s deputies will receive an additional $1.75 per hour, correctional officers will receive $1.60 per hour and all other hourly county employees will receive 50 cents per hour. Undersheriff Ben Cole will receive a $5,000 annual increase, according to the unofficial minutes...

When the Fort Scott Rotary meeting got underway Wednesday, the traditional rendition of the Rotary clubsong had special accompaniment. Mostly on the correct beat, a chicken brought as part of the program joined in singing, “R-O-T…BWOK...A-R-Y...BWOK…that spells Rotary…BWOK!”...

A city of Fort Scott truck lays salt on Horton Street near Jayhawk Road Thursday morning in preparation for wintry precipitation that was expected to move into the area. Temperatures dropped below freezing Thursday, making roads slick in some spots, but as far as precipitation, the city only received brief rain and snow flurries...

Pre-season tournaments for two of the Tribune Area schools have been seeded and scheduled drawn up. Fort Scott’s teams will play at the Frontenac Kansas Army National Guard Tournament, now in its sixth season, beginning Thursday. Uniontown will take its annual trip to Pleasanton, where the boys’ team will be just one of two with winning records. That tournament will get underway Tuesday. And Northeast will once again play in the Tony Dubray Classic at Liberal, Mo., which begins Monday...

NEVADA -- Fort Scott Middle School's boys' basketball teams took three of four games versus Nevada here Tuesday. The seventh-grade A team suffered a 43-19 loss. Jordan Johnson scored 5 points to lead the Tigers (0-2). The 7B team won 29-24 with Jordan Johnson scoring 6 points for FSMS (2-0) and Weston Marbery collecting 5 rebounds...

GALENA -- Galena's teams swept Uniontown here Friday night. Eagle boys fell to 3-5 on the season with a 62-43 loss to the Bulldogs (8-2). Luke George led the Eagles with 17 points while also recording 8 rebounds and 2 blocks. Ben George and Jez Simpson each added 8 points...

Cook moves into 9th place on girls' scoring list