Stories from Friday, April 13, 2018

The case of a local youth accused of making a threatening comment at Uniontown High School in March has been set for a preliminary hearing in June. Seth Alexander Shore, 19, made his first court appearance Wednesday morning in Bourbon County District Court. Bourbon County Magistrate Judge Valorie Leblanc and attorneys in the case, Tiana McElroy of Columbus, representing the prosecution, and Burton Harding, defense attorney from Mound City, set a preliminary hearing for 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 11...

A source of help for many in Fort Scott is quietly tucked away in an upstairs office in a corner building at 26 N. Main St. Just because Fort Scott Compassionate Ministries Outreach Center is out of sight doesn’t mean it’s not bustling. The center is an outreach ministry of the Fort Scott Church of the Nazarene. Allen Schellack serves as the director and chaplain and is also the sole volunteer staff person...

KOMB 103.9 is hosting the 7th annual Home, Sport, Farm and Garden Show, which began Friday and continues from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today. The event features more than 56 vendor booths and is scheduled to include a variety of prize giveaways.

ARMA — Southeast’s baseball and softball teams have dominated Three Rivers League play so far in their first season as members. And both teams’ unbeaten streaks continued here Thursday at the expense of Northeasts’ squads. The Viking baseball team made a game of it in the first game of their doubleheader, losing just 6-4, before Southeast won the nightcap, 9-1...

Fort Scott High School’s varsity golf team played in a pair of non-league tournaments this week. The Tigers played at Pittsburg Tuesday and Parsons Thursday. The Tigers finished third in a tournament at Pittsburg’s Crestwood Country Club on Tuesday. Nick King and Carter Goldston earned medals for the Tigers...

ST. PAUL — Uniontown softball posted a sweep of St. Paul here Thursday in Three Rivers League play. The Eagles won game one 10-3 and the second 22-1. Maddie Ard struck out 4 batters for the Eagles in game one. Jacy Bowen had 2 hits. Makenzee Franklin had 3 hits for Uniontown in game two. Sivanah McAnulty had a triple...

ST. PAUL — Uniontown’s baseball team split a Three Rivers League doubleheader with St. Paul here Thursday, winning game one 5-4, with a rally in the last two innings, but losing the second game, 11-1. The Eagles (3-3 TRL, 5-3 overall) trailed 4-0 going into the sixth in game one. Kolby Seested drove in the winning run during a 3-run seventh with a double to left field that scored Andrew Reed and Nick Hathaway...

PARSONS – Fort Scott High School’s varsity tennis team played here twice this week. Tuesday, they took part in Labette County’s home tournament. Thursday, they were a part of the Parsons Invitational. The Parsons tourney was moved from Friday due to concerns about the weather...

Fort Scott High School’s baseball team went 2-1 this week in Southeast Kansas League play, sweeping Parsons Tuesday but losing by a run at Chanute on Thursday. All three games were on the road. Tuesday: Fort Scott 15-18, Parsons 4-6. The Tigers took game one 15-4 and the second 18-6. A 10-run fifth was a part of the opener during which Fort Scott belted out 17 hits...

Fort Scott High’s softball team easily swept Parsons on the road Tuesday but had a battle at Chanute Thursday before finally winning. Tuesday, the Tigers dominated Parsons in Southeast Kansas League play, 18-0 and 22-0. Thursday in SEK action, Fort Scott held off a Blue Comet rally in the bottom of the seventh to prevail 7-5...

Fort Scott Community College softball split on the road Tuesday and swept at home Thursday as the Greyhounds continue to have one of the best seasons in the program’s history under first-year head coach Lana Ross. The ’Hounds split a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader with Coffeyville Tuesday. The Red Ravens won game one 10-4 but the Greyhounds took game two, 10-4...

Rematch at Overland Park moved to Monday due to forecast