Stories from Friday, February 16, 2018

Roderick H. McKay, age 71, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 at his home. Funeral Requiem Mass will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Mound City, Kan. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery. ...

Robert L. "Bob" Calvert, age 76, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. Funeral service 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 19, 2018 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Louisburg, Kan. Rosary will be prayed 4 p.m. Sunday at the Schneider Funeral Home, La Cygne Chapel. Visitation will follow from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Contributions are suggested to Cancer Research, Grady's Kids or Knights of Columbus. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Motorists traveling along National Avenue recently may have noticed a change at one intersection. The city of Fort Scott Public Works department, in an effort to make traffic along National more fluid and save money, are placing stop signs at the intersection of National and Third Street. Eventually the old, outdated traffic signals at that location will be removed, city officials said...

Bourbon County Commissioners are in the early stages of a process to determine who has control over budgets and various funding mechanisms in the county. At their Tuesday meeting, commissioners met with County Counselor Justin Meeks who said he is researching an Attorney General’s opinion regarding funding mechanisms, and the authority of county commissions in Kansas. ...

Scott Township firefighters assisted the Deerfield Fire Department in battling the blaze, which began in Missouri and encompassed about 100 acres as it spread into Bourbon County near Osage Road. The smoke drifted southwest over Fort Scott as the afternoon progressed, leaving a trail of ashes...

ARMA —Visiting Uniontown and homestanding Northeast split a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Friday night. Uniontown won the girls’ game, 45-41, while Northeast won the boys’ contest, 79-49. And because St. Paul’s boys beat league leader Yates Center, 63-59, Viking boys are still alive in the league race with an outside shot of perhaps winning a share if things shake out the right way next week...

PARSONS — Labette posted a sweep of Fort Scott Community College’s basketball teams here Wednesday night in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play. Cardinal women (3-3 conference, 4-3 Region VI, 20-5 overall) conference, 2-5 Region, ranked No. 14 in NJCAA Division II, took a 76-59 victory behind 22 points from Upe Atosu. Shalina Harper led the Greyhounds (0-5, 2-5, 12-12) with 14 points...

HARRISON, Ark. — Fort Scott Community College’s softball team got its season underway in grand fashion here Tuesday, sweeping a non-conference doubleheader from North Arkansas 9-0 and 18-2. Abby Cox spun a 3-hit shutout in the opener, walking one batter and striking out 3. She also drove in 2 runs to aid her own cause...

Fort Scott Community College softball under first-year head coach Lana Ross is off to its best start since the 2002 season. Following a sweep of Cloud County in a non-conference doubleheader at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Thursday, the Greyhounds are 4-0. No Fort Scott team has started that well since the 2002 squad won its first six games...

Fort Scott boys fight back but fall short, 67-53