Stories from Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Employees at USD 235 will see more money in their pockets, as the board of education agreed on Monday to salary increases as part of the contract agreement with the Uniontown Teachers' Association (UTA). Following a 30-minute executive session involving the board and Superintendent Randy Rockhold, the board approved the negotiated agreement with the Uniontown Teachers Association (UTA) for 2014-2015...

Patrick Guilfoyle has some memories of his time at Fort Scott Community College. The Fort Scott native, a 1968 graduate of Fort Scott High School and 1970 graduate of FSCC, will share some memories of his experiences at the two-year community college when he speaks at two graduation ceremonies Friday at FSCC...

Darrell Dean Horn, age 60, a resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, May 12, 2014 at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. He was born June 25, 1953, in San Francisco, Calif., the son of Paul Dean Horn and Elaine Ott Horn. He married Nancy Harrison on Oct. 20, 2000, at Miami, Okla. Darrell had worked in both the construction and coal mining industries...

James Edward "Ed" Johnson, age 78, Mound City, Kan., passed away Monday May 12, 2014. He was born on May 30, 1935 at Blue Mound, Kan. Memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Friday, May 16, 2014 at the Pleasanton Church of the Nazarene. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Richard Gene "Rick" Hawkins, age 53, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, May 12, 2014, near Altoona, Kan., as the result of a vehicle accident. Services for Rick Hawkins will be announced later by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

OSWEGO -- The Three Rivers League Golf Tournament was shortened by rain here Monday and that may have robbed Uniontown's golfers of a chance to earn some medals. "We didn't have the front nine scores we were hoping for and, unfortunately, started playing better on the back nine only to be rained out and have to settle for our front 9 totals as our scores," Uniontown head coach Jason Tourtillott said. "The heavy rain moved in when the kids were on the 12th hole and forced us off the course."...

Fort Scott High School senior Gage Addington will be going to the Kansas Class 4A State Tennis Tournament this weekend for the second consecutive season. He qualified with then-senior Davis Drake last year in doubles. This year, he will return as a singles player...