Stories from Friday, January 20, 2017

FRONTENAC -- Jenny Denton's Hail Mary 3-pointer -- her first successful triple of the season -- gave Fort Scott's girls (4-5) a 49-48 first-round upset of No. 3 seed Neosho at the Frontenac Kansas Army National Guard Invitational here Thursday night...

PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's boys, the No. 2 seed, defeated Olathe Heritage Christian in overtime here Thursday night, 46-42, to advance to tonight's championship game of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament. Colt Sutterby and Jesse Kuns each scored 10 points to lead the second-seeded Eagles (7-3), who won the pool portion of the seven-team tournament...

Maxine Stinebaugh, age 78, a resident of Arcadia, Kan., passed away Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan. She was born Jan. 1, 1939, in Girard, Kan., the daughter of Walter Ray McClelland and Florence Evaleen Bennett McClelland. ...

After hearing concerns ranging from noise to the potential impact on economic development, Fort Scott City Commissioners on Tuesday approved zoning changes for separate pieces of land in the south part of Fort Scott. One would be used for a proposed dirt motorcross and possibly ATV race track, and another to be used for a veterinary clinic...

Workers with RII Concrete Construction of Fort Scott work Thursday afternoon to smooth out concrete on the slab at the construction site of the new Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center at 323 E. 20th St. After completing some preliminary work at the site, workers began pouring 700 yards of concrete about midnight Thursday. Finishing touches were being put on the concrete Thursday afternoon. Bourbon County Commissioners visited the site Tuesday...