Stories from Wednesday, October 21, 2015

CHENEY -- Uniontown's golf squad had to battle high winds and a tough, unfamiliar course here Monday at the Kansas Class 3-2-1A State Golf Tournament here. "The wind was a big factor for our girls with gusts up to 35 MPH at times on a pretty wide-open Cherry Oaks Golf Course," Uniontown head coach Justin Tourtillott said. ...

HAYS -- Fort Scott High School senior Camiren Defebaugh finished her high-school career with a medal at the Kansas Class 4A State Golf Tournament here Monday. Defebaugh shot 98 to tie for 14th place with three others. The top 20 finishers, including ties, earned medals...

mmissioners agreed the county can't afford to add another deputy to the sheriff's office roster any time soon. Each of the three commissioners agreed to accept a $125,000 U.S. Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services grant, but delay the actual acceptance for as long as possible...

Rural fire departments battled a grass fire that torched about 300 acres on Monday. Bourbon County Fire District No. 3 Chief Delwin Mumbower said Tuesday several rural firefighters fought a grass fire that started just before 4 p.m. and ran into the early evening hours...

A plan by a new Internet provider in Fort Scott to expand its services to the Fort Scott Lake area is moving forward. During the Tuesday meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission, Harry Lee, New Wave Broadband manager of communitications, informed commissioners that an agreement between his company and the city to build a tower on city-owned property in the lake area has been finalized...