Stories from Friday, September 9, 2016

James "Jim" Tucker Good Sr., 95, Springfield, Mo., died at Sonshine Manor on Sept. 4, 2016. He was born on June 10, 1921 in Kansas City, Mo. Jim graduated from North High School in Wichita, Kan., at age 16 in 1938. He skipped the eighth grade. He graduated from Kansas University in Lawrence in 1942. ...

Fort Scott City Commissioners on Tuesday elected to roll forward with a plan to allow UTVs, or utility task vehicles, on city streets. Several people attended the commission meeting, in which there was a unanimous to proceed with drafting of an ordinance that would allow the four-wheel drive vehicles on city streets...

The annual Symbols of Sacrifice event, which starts today and runs through Sept. 15, honors the sacrifice of Americans throughout the nation's history. The main focus of the event is a Field of Honor on the Fort Scott National Historic Site parade ground, where a U.S. ...

UUniontown opened the season in very impressive fashion at home Friday night, routing Southeast 54-0 in the school's first game under new head coach Chad Hays. Sophomore Hayden Miller ran for 151 yards for the Eagles and scored 2 touchdowns. Freshman quarterback Andrew Reed was impressive in his high-school debut with 125 yards and 3 touchdowns on the ground before he was forced to leave the game with cramps...

The top two picks in the Southeast Kansas League race as voted by the coaches in August will battle Friday night at Shulthis Stadium in Independence. But while it's premature that this battle between Fort Scott High (1-0 SEK, 1-0 overall) and Independence (0-0, 1-0) will determine the league champion -- it's only Week Two, after all and Labette County lurks on the schedule for both teams -- it will give the winner an edge...

Iowa Western will come into Saturday night's game against Fort Scott Community College at Frary Field in an unusual position for its program -- 0-2. This is unusual because in the eight-year history of Iowa Western football, the Reivers have lost just 14 games. That includes the two they've lost this season. This will be the first week they've not been ranked in the NJCAA poll since the final one of the 2009 season, which was the program's inaugural season...

Fort Scott Middle School's volleyball "A" teams swept Jayhawk-Linn (Mound City) in matches played at the FSMS gymnasium Tuesday. The seventh-grade team swept the Jayhawks, 25-9, 25-15. The eighth-grade squad swept, 25-13, 25-6. Kiran Bailey served 4 aces in the match...

PARSONS -- Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team swept Labette in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play here Wednesday night, 28-26, 25-15, 28-26. The Greyhounds improved to 2-0 in conference play and 8-2 overall. Labette dropped its conference opener and stands at 6-7 overall...

Those using the Gunn Park trails will be able to find their way more easily, thanks to a Sunflower Foundation grant and work from Frank Halsey, trail enthusiast. The grant provides funding for directional and mile markers signs along the trails. While the signs help visitors know where they are in the park, they also will be helpful in the event emergency response personnel are called to assist an injured bicyclist or hiker...

Those using the Gunn Park trails will be able to find their way more easily, thanks to a Sunflower Foundation grant and work from Frank Halsey, trail enthusiast. The grant provides funding for directional and mile markers signs along the trails. While the signs help visitors know where they are in the park, they also will be helpful in the event emergency response personnel are called to assist an injured bicyclist or hiker...

A group of Uniontown junior high students got a little closer to the meanings of freedom and sacrifice Friday at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. Forty-one seventh graders from Uniontown Junior Senior High School who turned out with some school staff had a mission -- to place several U.S. flags on the fort grounds as part of the annual Symbols of Sacrifice event which began Friday...

Fort Scott girls win team honors in home invitational