Stories from Tuesday, April 12, 2016

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High's golf team finished eighth in the first Southeast Kansas League desginated tournament of the season here Thursday. Chanute was the team champion with a four-man, 18-hole score of 342 followed by non-league school Frontenac at 365 and Independence in third at 367...

Fort Scott Community College's softball team has seen its share of struggles lately and they continued Saturday at Concordia and Monday in Ottawa. Fort Scott played six games between Friday and Monday and won only a Region VI-Division II post-season doubleheader against Brown Mackie in Salina on Friday, 11-2 and 6-4...

IOLA -- Allen's Torrence Summerlin took advantage of a northwesterly wind Saturday afternoon, launching five home runs in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader sweep that knocked Fort Scott Community College's baseball team out of a share of second place in the division...

Fort Scott High's three-team baseball tournament at Dave Regan Stadium Saturday had to be decided by tie-breakers after each team went 1-1. Louisburg routed Fort Scott in the first game of the day, 13-2, but fell to Ottawa in the second game, 10-4. The Cyclones could have won the tournament if they had beaten Fort Scott in the final game of the day or, worst-case scenario, lost by any score while allowing just 7 runs...

Representatives of the Fort Scott High School PRIDE chapter provided information on a new student morale-boosting project to the USD 234 Board of Education on Monday. Angie Bin, PRIDE sponsor and student officer and historian Mikayla Norris appeared before the board to share information about a proposed PRIDE project and update board members on projects PRIDE students are involved with in the community. Some PRIDE officers had other commitments and weren't present for the board meeting...

Participants begin working on their painting during the afternoon session of the watercolors workshop led by Debbie Reed of Joplin, Mo., during the first 2nd Story Festival of Arts & Ideas. The event began Friday evening with discussions on for entrepreneurs and continued Saturday with workshops and discussions led by a variety of artists and authors. ...

The Uniontown school district will see some new faces starting in the coming school year, and will also see a few leave. During the monthly USD 235 Board of Education meeting Monday in the high school, new hires, resignations, a retirement, and position changes were approved for the 2016-17 school year...

USD 234 Board of Education members on Monday received an update on several elements of the district's ongoing $40.8 million school bond projects. Steve Bennett, senior project manager for Nabholz Construction Services of Olathe, the construction manager for the projects, updated the board on construction work and outlined some areas the company has followed throughout the course of the projects -- safety, relationships, cost, quality and time. ...

Workers use heavy equipment to dig into asphalt near the intersection of Sixth Street and National Avenue Tuesday afternoon. The intersection at Sixth and National has been closed down since Monday so a new water line can be installed as part of the continuing National improvement project. The intersection will be closed until installation of the new water line is complete, according to a city news release. Amino Brothers Co., Inc., is the contractor for the project...