Stories from Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Carol Jean Johnson, age 76, formerly of Olathe and Mound City, Kan., passed away on Thursday Jan. 11, 2018. Visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Contributions are suggest to Rainbow. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel...

Ralph L. Myrick, age 90, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born at Mapleton, Kan., on Dec. 21, 1927 the son of Newton George and Lula May Needham Myrick. He graduated from Blue Mound High School. ...

Zachary Lee Hansen, 38, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., made our world a little quieter when he left, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. The wonderful ruckus, that was Zach, was born April 27, 1979 in Audubon, Iowa, the son of Robert Morris and Katherine Marie Hansen. ...

Thomas Leo Nutter, 89, passed away on Jan. 14, 2018 in Jackson, Miss. Visitation for Thomas will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018 at Wright and Ferguson in Clinton, Miss., from 5 to 7 p.m. A funeral service will be on Thursday at Franklin Baptist Church in Flora, Miss., at 1 p.m. with visitation one hour before. Burial will follow at Bethel Cemetery...

Oka Ola Hare Clinesmith, age 98, of Fort Scott, passed away on Jan. 13, 2018, in Columbia, Mo. Oka was born to Andrew Jackson Hare and Mae Johnston Hare in 1919 on a Bourbon County farm south of Fort Scott. She attended Katt School and Fort Scott Junior High before moving with her family to Tribune, Kan. ...

Sterling Martin Barker, age 64, Kincaid, Kan., passed away on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018 at Prescott Country View. Graveside funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 19, 2018 at the Boulware Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. ...

David Richard McArthur, age 72, a resident of Fort Scott passed away Monday, Jan. 15, 2018 at his home. He was born Feb. 16, 1945 in Pratt, Kan., the son of Kenneth McArthur and Crystal Colby McArthur. David was in the Navy and served his county during Vietnam. ...

LIBERAL, Mo. — Northeast’s first games at the Tony Dubray Classic will be played tonight. The girls (2-6) face the host team (5-7) at 7 p.m. with Viking boys (4-4) to follow at 8:30 against Colgan (6-1). The tournament will now run through Sunday with all eight placement games begining at 10 a.m. with the girls’ seventh-place game and concluding with the boys’ championship at 6 p.m...

PLEASANTON — With most schools cancelling school Tuesday, the decision was made to push the Pleasanton Tournament back to a Thursday start. Uniontown’s teams will have the same start times and gym assignments for their first-round games as they would have on Tuesday...

LEAVENWORTH — Fort Scott Community College’s women finally got on the court after an extra-long winter break here Monday and avenged an earlier loss with a 65-53 victory over the University of Saint Mary junior varsity. The Greyhounds (9-7) lost to Saint Mary’s JV at home, 78-74, on November 8...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Fort Scott Community College men’s basketball team got going in the right direction to begin the second half of the 20-17-18 schedule with a pair of wins here over the weekend. The Greyhounds (12-6) defeated Penn Valley Friday night, 67-64, and On Point Academy, 92-75, Saturday...

BASEHOR — The Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Classic, which included nine ranked Kansas schools in its 33-team lineup, proved tough for Fort Scott High’s wrestlers here over the weekend. Only one of the Tigers was able to win a match. — Silas Taylor in a 132-pound consolation match. ...

Half of girls’ field is new at KANG tourney

The Marmaton River at the Riverfront Park is surrounded by snowy banks Monday, as a second round of snow fell early that morning. Bourbon Countians began their day Sunday with snow falling in the first measurable amount of the year. An estimated 2 inches fell within a 24-hour period. ...

Now that the Bourbon County Commissioners have decided on the amount of wage increases for its hourly employees, they turned their attention Tuesday on changing longevity pay. No decision was made, but commissioners, Public Works Director Jim Harris, County Counselor Jim Harris and County Counselor Justin Meeks held a lengthy discussion...

Jacob H. Underwood, age 98, died on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, of natural causes. He was born on July 6, 1919, on the family farm in Uniontown to Jay and Hazel McKinnis Underwood and resided in Fort Scott and rural Uniontown his entire life. Mr. Underwood graduated from Uniontown High School in 1936 and Fort Scott Community College two years later. ...