Stories from Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Fort Scott High senior Kacie Brown felt she could have done better but head coach Karen Curran was quite happy with her fourth-place performance in the season-opening Fort Scott Invitational Tuesday afternoon. "She's hard on herself," Curran said. "Which has its positives and its negatives. She made a comment about it but I said 'I'll take a 48 for your first tournament of the season.'...

Fort Scott Community College's football team fell to 0-2 for the first time since 2006 -- the last two games of the infamous 24-game losing streak -- when No 6-ranked Butler came to Frary Field Saturday afternoon and had their way with the No. 3 Greyhounds to the tune of a 49-7 shelling...

UNIONTOWN -- In the search for a meaningful theme for this year's Uniontown Old Settlers' Picnic celebration, the presence and continued community action of a few remaining World War II veterans soon became a foundation for celebration and recognition...

After a successful 2009-10 campaign, the United Way of Bourbon County has upped its goal. The local chapter has set a goal of $104,000 for its 2010-11 Save the Day the United Way campaign, which begins with a United Way Kickoff Breakfast scheduled for 7:30 a.m. ...

With the next steps of the expansion of the Fort Scott Municipal Airport in the works, a new business may be coming as a result. Mike Waller, with Bucher, Willis & Ratliff, addressed the Fort Scott City Commission Tuesday evening and presented the next steps in the master plan development for the expansion of the Fort Scott Municipal Airport. ...