Stories from Thursday, April 25, 2013

Kenneth "Kenny" Ray Grant, 63, long-term Bourbon County, Kan., and Vernon County, Mo., resident, died April 18, 2013, following a sudden illness. He was born April 21, 1949, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Charles "Junior" and Darlene Grant of Redfield, Kan...

Jimmy Lee McLaughlin, 70, of Butler, Mo., died Saturday, April 20, 2013, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He was born April 22, 1942, to James John and Vada Lee Pemberton McLaughlin in Oklahoma City, Okla. Memorial services were Thursday, April 20, at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel in Butler, Mo., with the Rev. Chris Deines officiating...

Northeast Vernon County's baseball team has played just two of its last four scheduled games. Sherwood and Montrose were rained out. In the other games, the Knights split, falling to Golden City by a final score of 14-4 and rolling by Hume, 28-2. Against Golden City, NEVC committed a half dozen errors...

The ninth annual "Fishing For a Cure" Buddy Bass Tournament, held April 20, in Rich Hill, raised more than $600 in the fight against cystic fibrosis, a deadly genetic disease. With rain all week, it may have been a little muddy, but the sun appeared and the beautiful weather led to 15 teams entering this year's competition. The tournament is an annual event to benefit Team Grace and all proceeds are donated directly to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation...

FORT SCOTT -- The National Park Service has announced that Fort Scott National Historic Site is now included in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom because it significantly contributes to the understanding of the Underground Railroad in American history and meets the requirements for inclusion as a site...

After three years of doctor after doctor and diagnosis after diagnosis, Brian and Christy Bloom finally know what is causing their 5-year-old daughter, Alyssa, problems. "The diagnosis has been a three-year process," Brian said of learning earlier this spring Alyssa is autistic...

The author of "Finding Kansas: Living and Decoding Asperger's Syndrome" Aaron Likens, made a stop at On My Own on Tuesday as part of his Southwest Missouri speaking tour. Likens spoke for nearly two hours to more than 75 people about what it's like to live with an autism spectrum disorder...