Stories from Friday, September 27, 2019

Justin James Calvert, age 45, of Madison, Wisc., passed away on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. He was born on Sept. 21, 1974, in Girard, Kan., the son of Douglas Calvert and Marcia (Hughes) O'Neal. Justin graduated from Caney Valley High School in Caney, Kan., in 1993. ...

Dewey Max Hill Jr., 63, passed peacefully away on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, at North Kansas City Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He was born on Feb. 28, 1956 to Dewey Hill Sr. and Lois Kathleen (Brown) Hill in Douglas, Wyo. Dewey Max graduated high school at North High School in Bakersfield, Calif. ...

Eva Mae Byerley, age 91, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, at Country Place Memory Care, Fort Scott. Services for Eva Byerley will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Rex B. Moore, age 56, resident of Redfield, Kan., died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, Kan. Services for Rex Moore will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Vernon L. Bowden, age 72, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, Kan. Services for Vernon Bowden will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Angilee L. Dennis, age 87, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019 at the Calvary Baptist Church, La Cygne. Burial will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Contributions are suggested to Calvary Baptist Church in care of Schneider Funeral Home. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Fort Scott High School celebrated Homecoming Friday night at Frary Field. Zoe Self and Caleb Watkins were crowned queen and king prior to the game against Pittsburg.

Reducing the speed limit on Indian Road to accommodate student foot traffic is still in the discussion phase with Bourbon County Commissioners. On Tuesday, commissioners met with Public Works Director Jim Harris and Public Works Supervisor J.T. Heckman, along with Dale Bollinger, who expressed his concern about reducing the speed limit...

Fort Scott has a visitor this weekend as part of a fundraiser to benefit the Southeast Kansas Special Olympics. Amy Bockerstette, a 20-year-old golfer and college student with Down Syndrome, arrived in Fort Scott Friday with her parents, Joe and Jenny Bockerstette, to be the guest of honor at the second annual Bourbon County Golf Scramble scheduled to take place today at Woodland Hills Golf Course. The tournament is hosted by the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office...

The Fort Scott High School Tiger football team was downed 28-0 by SEK rivals, the Pittsburg Purple Dragons, on Homecoming Night Friday at Frary Field. In a game in which penalties negated big plays for both teams, Pittsburg led 7-0 at halftime. Pittsburg's two touchdowns in the third quarter and one early in the fourth put away the game...