Stories from Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Alice Naomi Halling, 97 of Severance, Kan., passed away Jan. 20, 2018 at Two Timbers Home Plus. Visitation will be Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 10:30 a.m. Following the visitation will be a Funeral Mass being held at 11:30 a.m. at the St. Benedict Catholic Church under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel. ...

Lula Mae “Lou” Piotrowski, age 80, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, at Medicalodges of Fort Scott. Services for Lou Piotrowski will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Ronald Lee Honn, age 74, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018 at the Miami County Medical Center Emergency Room. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Mound City. Burial will be in the St. ...

Lula Mae “Lou” Piotrowski, age 80, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, at Medicalodges of Fort Scott. She was born Feb. 18, 1937, in St. Paul, Kan., the daughter of Chares “Bud” and Vera Mudd Groner. She graduated from St. Paul high school. ...

Willa Jean Ellis, 87, of Fort Scott, passed away peacefully Monday afternoon, Jan. 22, 2018 at her home. She was born March 25, 1930, in Rich Hill, Mo., the daughter of Howard and Gertie (Williams) Marlin. She married her childhood sweetheart, Danny Ellis, Feb. 8, 1948, in Nevada, Mo...

Bourbon County officials are grappling with another fire district issue – this time dealing with a lack of volunteers in the Redfield Fire Department. On Jan. 9, Bourbon County Commissioners and officials with Redfield and Fort Scott discussed a lack of personnel for the volunteer fire department, as well as coverage for the fire district and its future plans...

A piece of local park history has returned due to the efforts of city officials, a local business and two local organizations. In 2017, John Townsend and Ralph Carlson, members of the Fort Scott Kiwanis Club, embarked on a project to find out more information on the original arch sign that once greeted visitors to Gunn Park many years ago...

Katie Gorman, daughter of Jason and Krista Gorman, Fort Scott, has committed to play volleyball and continue her education at Drury University, Springfield, Mo. Gorman spent the last two seasons as a part of the Fort Scott Community College program, playing an integral part as the Greyhounds recorded a 27-11 record in 2016 and a 26-10 record in 2017. Fort Scott was ranked as high as eighth in the country this past fall...

LIBERAL, Mo. — While both of Northeast’s head basketball coaches would have liked to finish better in the Tony Dubray Classic here last week, both also saw many good things from their Viking teams. Northeast’s boys finished fifth with a 72-67 win over Golden City, Mo., Saturday while the girls finished sixth following a 37-33 loss to Bronaugh, Mo...

MOUND CITY — Host Jayhawk-Linn swept Uniontown in a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Tuesday night. Jayhawk-Linn won the girls’ game, 49-17. Karleigh Schoenberger scored 8 points and had 6 rebounds for the Eagles (1-3 TRL, 2-10 overall). Jayhawk boys won 56-34 after building a 17-7 lead after one period. Ben George led Unoiontown (2-2, 4-8) with 16 points and Jez Simpson added 12...

FRONTENAC — Jesse Jones hit a shot with five seconds remaining here Saturday night to give Fort Scott High’s boys a 51-50 over Monett, Mo., and fifth place in the Frontenac Kansas Army National Guard Invitational. Tiger girls finished seventh after dominating Kansas City-Turner, 52-22...

Fort Scott Community College’s basketball teams posted a sweep of Southeast (Neb.) at Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon. Greyhound women started things off with a 70-67 come-from-behind win, completing a season sweep. Fort Scott (11-7) defeated Southeast at Beatrice, Neb., 68-50 on December 8...

PAOLA —Fort Scott’s Kyle Montojo finished in fourth place at 126 pounds in the Paola Invitational here Friday.Corbin Shelden placed sixth at 113 and Grayson Quick was eighth at 220. Montojo pinned Paola’s Tommy Downum in the first round at 126. He then pinned Andrew Park of Lawrence-Free State. He lost to Cael Lynch of Eudora in the semifinals. Montojo then pinned Sylas Stone of Columbus before he was pinned by Paola’s Michael Searcy in the third-place match...

EUREKA —Uniontown sophomore Colt Eck placed second in the 152-pound class in the Eureka Invitational here Saturday. Eck, who has a record of 22-6 this season, recorded pins in his first three matches. He stuck Iola’s Dylon Reiter in one minute, 23 seconds in the first round, Calvan Brown of St. Marys in 3:46 in the quarterfinals and Buddy Claiborn of Fredonia in 3:20 in the semifinals...

Fort Scott High School hosted its first wrestling tournament exclusively for girls in the new gym at the high school Tuesday afternoon. Twelve schools, including Fort Scott, brought a total of 40 athletes to the event. Douglass, which is approximately between Wichita and Winfield, and Burlingame, located between Topeka and Emporia, traveled the farthest. ...