SCOTT COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - The Missouri Sheriff's Association is offering the John Dennis Scholarship to 16 college-bound Missouri high school seniors.

The award was established in 1988 in honor of former Scott County Sheriff John Dennis. He served his country for 24 years and, in 1963 was elected president of the Missouri Sheriff's Association. In 1976 Dennis retired from the office of sheriff following a successful campaign for the Missouri Senate seat in District 27, a position he held until his retirement from state government in 1992.

In 1988, Dennis was presented a Distinguished Service Award at which time the establishment of the John Dennis Scholarship Fund was announced. Since that time, the award has gone to Missouri students pursuing careers in the criminal justice field.

POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KFVS) -  "Scare Your Fear," a 5K run to raise money for the Sarah White Memorial Scholarship, will begin at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, October 20 at Three Rivers College.

Participants can run an individual 5K or team up with a friend or loved one in a 2-Person Relay at this scholarship fund-raiser in honor of Sarah White, who lost her battle with cancer but inspired others with her motto, "I Scare Cancer."

Registration begins at 3:30 pm. in front of the Bess Activity Center on the Three Rivers Poplar Bluff campus.

Runners will be bused to the starting line on Shelby Road by the new hospital. The course is along Shelby Road to the outer road at Cripple Creek, onto PP Highway for a few hundred feet, than onto Hershel Bess Blvd and through the Three Rivers campus to end at the Bess Activity Center.