Stories from Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Paula Coyan will lead the Uniontown High School softball program this season after six seasons as an assistant under former head coach Alan Shinn. She has four players who were named All-Three Rivers League players -- three on the First Team -- back from a squad that finished third in the league last season with an overall record of 16-7...

ERIE -- With a young, inexperienced squad, Uniontown head golf coach Jason Tourtillott knew it wasn't going to be an easy day for his Eagles. "Knowing that going in, our main focus was to get them some experience and really find out as individuals what they need to work on to get better," he said...

The first game of Tuesday's Fort Scott High School season-opening doubleheader was won with pitching and defense. The second game was won with timely hitting. Together, they led to a Tiger sweep of Louisburg, 2-1 in the opener and 8-5 in the nightcap, at Don Hewett Field...

In arguably the meatiest race in Tuesday's local elections, nine candidates ran for three seats on the six-member Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees. And although results are unofficial until canvassing at 10 a.m. on Monday, it appears that local businessman John Bartelsmeyer, former FSCC President Richard Hedges and insurance man John Kerr are the newest members of the board...

Two new faces will join the Fort Scott City Commission based on unofficial final election results late Tuesday night. Leading the voting with 670 votes was Lucas Cosens, followed by JoLynne Stainbrook with 630 votes. Incumbent Sam Mason finished third in voting, bringing in 591 votes. Current Mayor Jim Adams, first elected in 2007, came in last with 524 votes, according to unofficial final numbers from the Bourbon County Clerk's office...

In the lone contested race for the Fort Scott USD 234 School Board Tuesday night, incumbent Belynda Davenport was well behind the pack in her unsuccessful bid to keep her sixth position seat, finishing behind Jamie Armstrong and Kevin "Skitch" Allen, according to unofficial totals...

Fort Scott residents who frequently use the internet may already realize that service is not as great as it could be. The Fort Scott City Commissioners Tuesday heard from one business owner who said he hears frequent complaints from his customers. As technology continues to improve, and the sales of "smart TVs" continues to rise, the demand on the present connection service also will continue to increase, according to Mike Giordano...