Stories from Wednesday, February 21, 2018

As of 2 p.m., this is the schedule for tonight's basketball games between Independence and Fort Scott High School: • In the main gym, varsity girls will tip off at 5 p.m. with the boys to follow at about 6:30. • In the auxiliary gym, junior varsity boys will play at 5 p.m. with JV girls to follow...

Sue Ann Cannon, age 65, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of Edwardsville, Kan., passed away early Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. She was born July 6, 1952, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Delbert Lowell Smith and Cathern Armatha Ward Smith. ...

Alice M. Adams, age 94, La Cygne, Kan., passed Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2018. Funeral serves will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, at New Life Baptist, La Cygne. Burial will be in Trading Post Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 p.m. to service at the church. Contributions are suggested to New Life Baptist or Crossroads Hospice. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel...