Stories from Thursday, May 20, 2021

Martha Ann Callow, age 93, a resident of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born April 11, 1928, the daughter of William Everett Beetner and Alberta Martha Shoemaker Beetner. Martha Ann graduated from the Fort Scott High School with the Class of 1945 and went on to graduate from the Fort Scott Junior College in 1946. Prior to her marriage, she taught at a rural grade school and later worked at Montgomery Ward...

The Fort Scott Lady Tiger softball team nipped SEK rival Chanute 8-6 in an extra-inning thriller before falling 11-1 to the Eudora Lady Cardinals in a Class 4A east regional championship game late Thursday in Lawrence. See Saturday's print or online edition for complete story...