Stories from Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Lynn Robinson Graham, age 75, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, March 25, 2024, at Freeman Health System West, Joplin, Mo. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday, March 29, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Private family burial will take place later. Memorials are suggested to Lee’s Paws and Claws and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted online at cheneywitt.com...

Fairy Fay Baggett DeLaney of Garland, Kan., passed away Thursday, March 21, 2024, at Medicalodge in Frontenac, Kan., at the age of 66. She was born on June 4, 1957, in Beaver, Okla., to Kathy Louise Baggett Windsor and Dewey Winebaugh of Forgan, Okla.  ...

With heavy hearts and fond memories, we bid farewell to a beloved soul, Tami Dawn (Wheeler) Flater, who gracefully embraced life until her passing on March 21, 2024, in Springfield, Mo. She was 55 years young. Born on May 13, 1968, in her cherished hometown of Fort Scott, Kan., Tami was the oldest daughter of Donald and Claudia Wheeler. She attended Fort Scott High School, graduating in 1986...

Dwight Otis Metcalf also known as ‘De-White’ or ‘The Chief,’ of Emporia, passed peacefully on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at his home. He was 76. Born on Aug. 12, 1947, in Breckenridge, Colo., the family relocated to Fort Scott, Kan. After high school he proudly served in the U.S. Navy. He graduated from Emporia Kansas State College, was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and then an agent for Farmers Insurance until retirement...

John William Read, age 68, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, March 25, 2024. John was born March 8, 1956, in Fort Scott, the son of Francis Marion “Cisco” Read and Ruth Louise Groner Read. John was married May 22, 1976 to his wife Paula Raye Smith at the Catholic church in Fort Scott...

Concerns about state legislation that would create a lake and other developments in the northwest part of Bourbon County drew a crowd of more than 100 people to a community meeting on the subject Friday evening in Mapleton. The meeting, which was led by Joe Bisogno, owner of Timber Hills Lake Ranch in Mapleton, provided a forum for county residents and others to voice questions about Kansas Senate Bill 497, which according to Kansas District 13 Sen. ...

Uniontown City Clerk Sally Johnson wears many hats. Aside from her job as clerk, Johnson, who has served in that role since 2013, is also the city’s utility billing clerk and chief financial officer. She also works as payroll clerk and performs duties in human resources...

Note: The Tigers (2-0) defeated the Piper Pirates (2-2) 9-2 Saturday at Dave Regan Stadium. The Tigers are scheduled to host the Paola Panthers in a doubleheader starting at 4:30 Thursday, and will travel for a doubleheader with Andover Central and Circle which begins at 11 a.m. Saturday...

The Uniontown Lady Eagle softball team traveled to St. Paul Monday to take on the Lady Indians of St. Paul High School in a Three Rivers League doubleheader. In game one, which saw the Lady Eagles blank St. Paul 12-0, Uniontown’s Addisyn Hall started in the circle for the Lady Eagles. After Uniontown went down in order in the top of the first, Hall struck out the side in the bottom of the frame...