Stories from Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday agreed to move forward with preliminary work for the new jail construction. Meeting Thursday to discuss the status of the project were First District Commissioner Lynne Oharah; Kevin Rost, associate senior project manager with Goldberg Group Architects of St. ...

A legislative proposal that would realign school districts in Kansas is not popular with local district superintendents. Under House Bill 2504, a proposal currently in the House Education Committee, the number of school districts in Kansas would be cut by more than half --from 286 to 132 -- as many districts would be absorbed into others...

The Fort Scott City Commission approved a new franchise agreement - which comes with an increase - with Westar Energy during its Tuesday meeting. City Manager Dave Martin and Westar Energy Business Manager Kari West explained the 10-year agreement to commissioners. Martin said he had previously met with West to discuss an increase in the city's franchise fee with the company...

UNIONTOWN -- Shalina Harper's double-double helped Uniontown's girls rally in the second half to beat Chetopa, 43-39, in Three Rivers League play here Tuesday night. There was no boys' game as Chetopa had cancelled its season due to a lack of players...

Fort Scott High's girls made this Southeast Kansas League battle versus Independence interesting by the end of the third quarter Tuesday night. But the Bulldogs posted 15 of the first 17 points of the final stanza to take the steam out of the Tigers' rally and went on to win, 60-49...

The chase for the Southeast Kansas League boys' basketball championship tightened up considerably Tuesday night as the right combinations of wins now have six of the league's seven teams either tied for the lead or within a game of it. Fort Scott is one of those teams in the second group, bringing Independence down with them as Josh Hudiburg's free throws with 4.2 seconds remaining gave the Tigers a 54-52 victory in league play after Indy nearly completed a comeback from a 14-point deficit with just over 10 minutes of game time remaining.. ...