Stories from Thursday, February 22, 2018

Both Uniontown teams will be on the road for the first round of the Colgan Class 2A Sub-State basketball tournament while Northeast's boys drew a home game for the opening round of the Riverton Class 3A Sub-State, both of which were seeded Wednesday and get underway Monday...

UNIONTOWN — As school was cancelled in Unified School District 235 Thursday, Uniontown High School also made the decision to postpone its regular-season ending basketball doubleheader with Southern County County one more day. Originally scheduled for Tuesday, the non-league twinbill was initially rescheduled for Thursday night. However, it will now be played Friday night in the West Bourbon Elementary School gymnasium. The girls tip off at 6 p.m. followed by the boys at 7:30...

Dian Gail McIntosh, age 74, Prescott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. Contributions may be made to: KU Center for Research, Brain Research Foundation and may be sent in care of Schneider Funeral Home P.O. Box 525 Pleasanton, KS 66075.

Gerald O. “Nate” Beaman, 93, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, at A Country Place Senior Living in Fort Scott. He was born Aug. 7, 1924, in Uniontown, Kan., the son of Ray and Ruth (Turner) Beaman. He married Mary Kathryn “Kay” Henson on Jan. 11, 1947, in Fort Scott, Kan., while attending Fort Scott Junior College, and they recently celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary, January of 2018...