Stories from Thursday, February 12, 2015

Raymond "Skeet" George and his wife, Carol, were crowned king and queen during a Valentine's Day-themed event Thursday evening at Presbyterian Village. The Georges, who are from Redfield, are tenants at the senior living community. The couple was voted king and queen by other tenants. The event also included musical entertainment, dinner and other activities related to the holiday...

The next big thing for the City of Uniontown will be working on the gas line. Having just completed a major water improvement project in 2014, the city is moving forward with gas line replacement projects. At its monthly meeting on Tuesday, the Uniontown City Council worked to solve a recent gas line leak and next week will add a new odorizer to the gas system. Odorizers are added so citizens can smell when there is a gas leak...

It's too crowded and it's unsafe. That's what Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin said about the Southeast Kansas Correctional Center during the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce coffee, held Thursday. Thursday's jail population was 42 with five prisoners being housed in other counties, Martin said. The facility was built in 1977 to house 27 inmates...

Beverly Jean Johnson Scott, age 85, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, at the Fort Scott Medicalodge. She was born April 5, 1929, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Leo F. Struble and Vera L. Burrell Struble. Beverly married Robert W. ...