Stories from Friday, April 22, 2016

HIGHLAND -- Highland, ranked No. 6 in this week's NJCAA Division II softball poll, swept Fort Scott Community College here Tuesday to clinch the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division title for the second consecutive season. The Scotties (20-2 East, 37-8 overall) won the opener 7-2 and the second game 9-1, sending Fort Scott to their fifth and sixth consecutive losses. ...

The Fort Scott High School baseball program will host the Fifth Annual Tiger Baseball Golf Tournament June 4 at Woodland Hills Golf Course. The tournament, which will begin at 8 a.m., is a three-man scramble which will be flighted. The number of flights depends on the number of teams entered. The fee is $180, which includes a cart rental if necessary. Carts will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis...

BURLINGTON -- Shalina Harper won the girls' 1,600-meter run here Tuesday as Uniontown competed in Burlington for the first time in a three-day span. This meet was hosted by Waverly. Harper won three medals on the day, winning the 1,600 in 5:50 and fifth in the 800 in 2:43. She also took seventh place in javelin...

COLUMBUS -- Josh Hudiburg, Cassidy Westhoff and Mallory Westhoff were individual event winners for Fort Scott High's track team here Tuesday. Hudiburg was again the winner in boys' javelin as he had a best effort of 153 feet, 9 inches in humid air. That was still 126 feet farther than the effort of runner-up Ryan Hemby of Fronenac. Wyatt Tourtillott of Fort Scott was third at 120' 10"...

Greyhounds swept at Kansas City; rematch Saturday

Due to continued state fiscal issues, the Kansas Department of Transportation has announced plans to delay 25 major highway projects - including some area expansion projects - set to begin before July 2018. In accordance with measures outlined by State Budget Director Shawn Sullivan on Wednesday, KDOT will delay two categories of road projects scheduled for fiscal years 2017 and 2018, a KDOT news release said...

Displays were being set up Wednesday and Thursday inside the newly construction Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes located at 1 S. Main St. Ground was broken for the new building in October 2014 and construction was completed in December 2015. The center will have a grand opening on May 24. LMC will also continue using its original site at 4 S. Main St...