Stories from Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Doris Kay Belcher, age 73, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Franklin House, Fort Scott. She was born Feb. 8, 1945, in Hammond, Kan., the daughter of Cleatis Carl Duncan and Thelma May Cummings Duncan. She worked as a CNA and cared for the elderly for several years. ...

The Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday signed a resolution that consolidates two volunteer fire departments. The resolution means there is no longer a Redfield Fire Department that stands on its own. Instead, that department, formerly identified as District 4, is now combined with Bourbon County Fire District 3...

Local first response agencies teamed up Tuesday to get educated and trained for a possible situation involving an active shooter in a school. Representatives of the Fort Scott Police Department, Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office, Mercy EMS and Fort Scott Fire Department attended an active shooter training event held at Fort Scott Middle School. ...

CONCORDIA — Fort Scott Community College’s softball team split Jayhawk Conference-Division II games here Saturday, winning game one from Cloud County, 13-5, but dropping the second game, 4-3. The Greyhounds are now 2-2 in the conference and in Region VI and 17-8 overall. ...

A no-hitter is quite rare. A three-home run game is also not often seen. Both of these things happened at Lions Field Saturday to help propel Fort Scott Community College baseball to a sweep of Highland in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play. Treston Rook (4-1) didn’t allow a hit in the opening-game 12-1 victory, which was called after five innings. ...