Stories from Saturday, December 19, 2015

John Phillip Maycumber, 72, of Fort Scott, Kan., died at his home Thursday evening, Dec. 17. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at the Fort Scott National Cemetery under the direction of Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

An audit of the USD 235 school system has raised some questions. A financial audit report prepared for the fiscal year ending June 30 raised several possible state statutory violations regarding record keeping, procedures and accounting checks and balances...

The Fort Scott City Commission got a look Tuesday at the efforts and needs of a Bourbon County program working to help individuals and families in poverty. Jan Hedges, facilitator with the Circles Program, presented information on the program and talked about the program's beginnings in 2014...

Bourbon County Commissioners agreed during a special meeting Friday that the county would no longer operate the landfill as a business, but as a service to residents. With that decision made, the commissioners then signed a resolution to fund a building project underway at the landfill with a bond...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's boys pulled away from visiting Pleasanton in the fourth quarter here Friday night to win a non-league game between the Three Rivers League rivals, 56-46. With the victory Uniontown improves to 5-1 on the season following its fourth consecutive victory. Pleasanton remains winless after five games this season and has lost seven straight times going back to last season...

Defending Southeast Kansas League co-champion Chanute simply had more weapons than Fort Scott High's girls Friday night, shooting 51 percent from the field over the first three quarters of a 59-35 victory at the FSHS gymnasium. The Blue Comets held a 28-7 lead after 12 minutes of play as the Tigers (1-1 SEK, 2-3 overall) posted consecutive scores only once all night...

Fort Scott High's boys held Chanute to nearly 25 points under its season scoring average Friday night. But because the Tigers' offensive struggles continued, that effort wasn't enough to prevent a 37-36 Blue Comet victory in overtime at the FSHS gymnasium in a Southeast Kansas League contest...