Stories from Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Bourbon County Commissioners spent time discussing road issues Tuesday. As a result, it was decided there has been a break in communication between residents reporting problems on the county's website and a response to those reports. Jeremiah Hill said he placed a report on the county's website about three months ago and after 30 days without hearing from anyone, he began contacting the commissioners...

The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees was put on alert that they may need to take another look at the budget in the future. The college suffered a reduction in state funding, President Alysia Johnston told the trustees at Monday's monthly meeting...

Family and friends were recently able to get a sample of what USD 234 music students have been practicing. On Monday night, orchestra students from the Fort Scott High School and Middle school presented their concert under the direction of Carson Felt...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown finished off the regular season with a sweep of Southern Coffey County in a non-league contest here Tuesday night. Uniontown's girls prevailed in overtime, 52-50. Eagle boys won 48-47 in regulation after holding off a Titan rally. Both Eagle boys and girls are 13-7 going into Sedan Class 2A Sub-State Tournament play next week...

Fort Scott High's girls led by a point with four minutes left in the third quarter of a Southeast Kansas League game with Coffeyville at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. But the visiting Golden Tornado went on a 12-0 run shortly after and that was enough to give them control on their way to a 63-55 win to put a damper on Fort Scott's Senior Night...

Fort Scott High's boys didn't perhaps have one of their best games against Southeast Kansas League rival Coffeyville at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. And yet, in the fourth quarter, the Tigers pretty much had the Golden Tornado right where they wanted them -- in a low-scoring game in which Coffeyville needed to foul to get back into the game...