Stories from Saturday, February 6, 2016

As construction is set to begin at Eugene Ware Elementary School as part of the USD 234 bond projects, school officials have issued some plans for parking, traffic and student pick-up and drop-off. Eugene Ware Principal Dave Elliott provided the school's plan to the Tribune on Friday...

Tynce Joles gives queen Taylor Cooper a thumbs up after his son, Tommy Joles, and Taylor were named Uniontown High School Homecoming king and queen Friday night at West Bourbon Elementary. Tynce Joles stood-in for his son during the ceremony as Tommy Joles competed in a wrestling match at Burlington...

Bourbon County road workers cut trees and brush to increase visibility on Maple Road, just west of the Fort Scott Livestock Market, Friday morning. Road work will include repaving, widening shoulders, striping, installing signage and drainage to the area, Bourbon County Public Works Director Jim Harris said. The project is being funded with a $350,000 High Risk Rural Roads grant administered by the Kansas Department of Transportation...

ay through a nearly $4 million project to make several improvements along National Avenue from Sixth to 13th streets. Portions of National and some side streets have been closed to through traffic, and drivers have had to navigate orange cones in some areas along a divided National since the project began in summer 2015. Crews are addressing the project in sections, and motorists can expect more road closings and detours in the future as work progresses...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown High's basketball teams swept rival Marmaton Valley in Three Rivers League action here Friday night, coming out on top in both varsity matches on Homecoming. Eagle girls (4-2 TRL, 10-6 overall) got things going with a 41-37 victory for their sixth consecutive victory...

Recent results from Fort Scott Middle School boys' basketball are as follows: Tuesday at Pittsburg. The seventh-grade "B" team lost to Pittsburg, 44-17, in the first game of the night. Alex Kerbs led the Tigers with 5 points. Pittsburg also won the 7A game, 30-13. Connor Gorman was the Tigers' leading scorer with 6 points and also had 5 rebounds...

Emily Hale's buzzer-beating layup allowed Fort Scott High's girls to survive Parsons' fourth-quarter rally and the Tigers went on to dominate the overtime period as they came away with a 58-48 victory in Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night...

Fort Scott High School's boys won their sixth straight game Friday night, 58-42, which gave FSHS head coach Jeff DeLaTorre his 300th coaching victory, 248 of those coming here. The Tigers moved into a three-way tie for third in the Southeast Kansas League with Independence and Coffeyville. ...