Stories from Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Wylma Pearl Campbell, 96, passed away Feb. 1, 2018 at Hospice of the Valley, Scottsdale, Ariz. She was born April 20, 1921 in Ft. Scott,the daughter of Pearl Gunsolley Wilson and Harry Wilson. She married Austin Campbell May 31, 1941 in Hot Springs, Ark., while he was serving during WWII. He preceded her in death on June 25, 2002...

Thomas P. Bowerman, age 72, resident of Fort Scott, passed through the gates of heaven Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, at his home. He was born May 17, 1945, in Fayetteville, Ark., the son of Jess and Hazel Bowerman. He attended South Side Grade School and Rogers High School in Rogers, Ark. ...

Donald Dale Simpson, age 90, a resident of rural Garland, Kan., passed away early Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, at the Country Place Assisted Living facility in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born March 16, 1927, in Fort Scott, the son of Maurice Simpson and Nina Alice McPheron Simpson. ...

About 70 people attended a Black History Month Lunch and Learn, “When Freedom Changed America,” Thursday at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center. The featured speaker was John Edgar Tidwell, English professor at the University of Kansas, and a member of the Kansas Humanities Council’s Speaker Series. Tidwell specializes in African-American and American literature...

Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday finalized the hard-surface road plan for 2018. The decision came after Bourbon County Public Works Director Jim Harris told commissioners the cost for this year’s asphalt and chip and seal projects will be $530,000...

The USD 234 Board of Education made some administrative changes at a special Tuesday meeting, one of which was an early retirement request from Superintendent Bob Beckham. Following a 10-minute executive session to discuss personnel matters for non-elected personnel, the board approved by a vote of 6-1 three employment items – an early retirement request from Beckham, effective July 1; the transfer of Fort Scott High School Assistant Principal Jeff DeLaTorre to the position of high school activities/athletic director for the 2018-19 school year; and the transfer of Amber Toth, a high school speech and debate and forensics teacher to the position of assistant principal at the high school for the 2018-19 school year.. ...

Seventh-grade results • The Fort Scott Middle School boys’ basketball seventh-grade teams were at home against Frontenac Tuesday, Jan. 30. The “A” team lost, 41-22. Nate Adams scored 6 poonits for the Tigers. The “B” team won, 33-21, with Tyler Reed and Eli Kellogg each scoring 11 points and Weston Marbery adding 10...

OVERLAND PARK — Johnson County’s women, ranked No. 10 in NJCAA Division II, were looking to bounce back from a 43-point loss to No. 3 Highland last Wednesday night. Unfortunately for Fort Scott Community College, they were the opponent next on Johnson County’s schedule...

Northeast boys 76, Marmaton Valley 51. ARMA — Northeast’s boys kept pace in the Three Rivers League race with their win over Marmaton Valley here Tuesday night. The second-place Vikings improved to 6-1 in the TRL and 9-6 overall. They are a half-game behind leader Yates Center (7-0, 13-2), which beat Uniontown tonight...

OVERLAND PARK — Fort Scott Community College’s men saw their eight-game winning streak broken here Saturday as Johnson County claimed a 79-69 victory in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play, extending its own winning streak to eight games. Fort Scott (2-1 conference, 3-1 Region VI, 17-7 overall) didn’t lose a game in the month of January and last lost on December 9 against Central-Columbus. ...

ROSE HILL — Fort Scott High’s boys’ wrestling team made their annual trek to the Rose Hill Invitational here over the weekend, a tournament that featured 24 schools, six of which are ranked in their classes by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association...

Fort Scott High’s wrestlers hosted their final duals of the season Tuesday night, beating Iola in the last dual of the night to break a year-long losing streak in duals. Columbus defeated Iola in the first dual of the evening, 54-5, then beat the Tigers, 52-27. Fort Scott’s 72-12 win over Iola broke a 17-dual losing streak. The Tigers (1-13) last won a dual when they swept Columbus and Iola last season...