Stories from Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Myrtle Ilean Shepard Francis, age 91, formerly of Colony, passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at Greystone Residential Care in Iola, Kan. Funeral services will be held at, 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 U.S. ...

David Linden Worsley, 74, of Liberal, Mo., passed away on March 5, 2018, at Via Christi Village in Pittsburg, Kan. David was born on Sept. 4, 1943, in Foxtown, Kan. He was raised on his parents' farm and graduated high school at Bronaugh, Mo. He married Peggy O’Dell on April 2, 1965 in Arcadia, Kan. She survives...

Anna Lou Inman, age 88, a resident of rural Walnut, Kan., passed away Monday, March 5, 2018, at the Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, March 9 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the Walnut Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

The 2018 Junior Golf Camp will be held at Woodland Hills Golf Course over six days this summer. The dates are June 12 and 21 and July 11, 18, 24 and 31. Sessions for juniors 8 to 10 years old will be held from 9-10 a.m. each day. Sessions for those who are 11-to-13 years old will be held from 10:15 to 11:15. ...

Fort Scott Community College’s softball team made it 7-0 by winning the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader versus State Fair, Mo., at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex before falling in the second game, 11-7. That loss was the farthest into a season the program has gone before suffering its first defeat...

Fort Scott Community College’s baseball team completed a season sweep of Independence on the road Saturday afternoon in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play, but the homestanding Pirates made it a tough chore. After the Greyhounds (4-0 conference, 16-2 overall) won a pair at home on Thursday by a combined margin of 14 runs, they took Saturday’s opener, 11-10, after holding off an Indy rally and the second game, 9-8, in 10 innings...

HIGHLAND — Fort Scott Community College’s men were able to climb out of an early deficit to make a game of it for a while in the first half here Saturday afternoon. But when Highland built up a big lead again, the Greyhounds were unable to answer a second time and fell to the Scotties, 78-71, in the semifinals of the Region VI-Division II Tournament...

The USD 234 Board of Education will use the Southeast Kansas Education Service Center at Greenbush to assist in the search for a new superintendent. During its Monday meeting, the board approved a contract with Greenbush to assist with the search for a replacement for Superintendent Bob Beckham, who announced his early retirement in February...

First of a two-part series About 50 people attended the annual Legislative Coffee Saturday at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott, where legislators said it’s time to shift the funding focus from education to other areas. The event, sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce, Landmark Bank, McDonald’s and City of Fort Scott, was an opportunity for the public to address members of the Kansas State Legislature...

Flags on Skubitz Plaza near the 20th Century Veterans Memorial flap on a windy Tuesday afternoon. Wind gusts from the west to northwest Tuesday reached speeds of between 45 and 55 mph. A wind advisory and Red Flag Warning were in effect until 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service...