Stories from Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Solid play in all aspects of the game put the Fort Scott Lady Tigers over their SEK foe, the Labette County Lady Grizzlies, 8-3 Monday evening at Don Hewett Field. Fort Scott (7-8 overall, 6-3 in the SEK) grabbed an early 4-0 lead in the first inning after Lanie Krokroskia cleared the bases on a stroke to left that resulted in an inside-the-park homer. ...

Fort Scott High School’s varsity track squads each finished in the top five at Thursday’s Fort Scott Invitational. The FSHS girls finished fourth with 59 total points while the boys placed fifth with 37 total points in 18 scored events. Christian Learning Center’s girls finished seventh with 18 points...

Fort Scott High School’s tennis squad battled challenges during two separate tournaments last week. The Tigers finished fifth with three points Thursday at the Chanute Invitational, and placed seventh as a team with five points at the Bird Dog Invitational Friday at the Joplin Athletic Complex...

The Uniontown High School track team competed Monday at the Jayhawk-Linn Invitational. Other schools competing included Christian Learning Center, Arma Northeast, Pleasanton, Central Heights, Louisburg, Waverly, Prairie View, Jayhawk-Linn, and Marmaton Valley...

Marcella T. “Marcy” Irby, age 74 of Faribault, Minn., passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 15, 2022, at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center in Austin, Texas. Marcella Theresa, the daughter of Anthony and Alvina (Roerick) Beuning was born on Jan. ...

After a two-week hospital stay, Todd Spencer Woodward, a 2003 Fort Scott High School graduate, died on Dec. 1, 2021, in Auburn, Wash., of natural causes. Todd was born to Barbara Doherty Woodward and John Spencer Woodward in Ocean Springs, Miss., on July 26, 1984. Todd was proceeded in death by his father John “Woody,” his grandparents Margaret and John Woodward, and Delores and Bernard Doherty...

Some changes will be made to the Bourbon County EMS service after approval Tuesday by Bourbon County Commissioners. Chief Financial Officer Susan Bancroft informed commissioners she talked with Fort Scott City Manager Kelley Zellner, and the decision was made to transfer EMS back to the county, effective May 1. Commissioners later approved a memorandum of understanding with the city of Fort Scott...

This is the second of a two-part series A speaker on human trafficking provided details and dispelled some myths on the criminal activity during a seminar April 19 at Fort Scott Community College. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story...