Stories from Monday, May 24, 2010

MADISON -- Five individuals and two relays from Pleasanton will take part in the Kansas State Track and Field Meet at Wichita Friday and Saturday as a result of qualifying from the Madison Class 1A Regional Meet here last Friday. The Blu-Jays did not have any event winners and their best finish was accomplished by a freshman. Lindsey Conn finished second in the 400-meter dash to earn her first berth to State...

BURDEN -- Area schools qualified 28 to State from the Central-Burden Class 2A Regional Track Meet here Friday. Jayhawk-Linn, which took second place in boys' and girls' team standings, qualified 21 while Uniontown had the other seven. Those competitors will compete in the Kansas State Track and Field Meet in Wichita Friday and Saturday...

IOLA -- Three Fort Scott High School athletes will take part in the Kansas State Track and Field Meet this weekend after qualifying out of the Iola Class 4A Regional here Friday. The top six finishers in each event earn medals. The top four in each earned State berths...

UNIONTOWN -- Pittsburg Colgan will be going back to the Class 2-1A State Softball Tournament after its pitchers spun back-to-back shutouts in the Uniontown Class 2-1A Regional Tournament here Friday. Colgan (22-1) first shut out fourth-seeded Marmaton Valley 8-0. Then they defeated host Uniontown 11-0 in five innings in the championship...

McPHERSON -- Pleasanton's Joey Morrisey won his second consecutive State golf title, taking Class 1A with a score of 74 here Monday. Morrisey was the 2A State champ last season. His finsh also helped lead the Blu-Jays to second place as a team with a score of 341, two strokes behind champion Ashland...

CHANUTE -- Jayhawk-Linn's baseball team earned its first-ever trip to a State baseball tournament by winning the Humboldt Class 2-1A Regional Tournament here Friday. The tournament was moved to Neosho County Community College's home field to ensure it could be completed...

GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School's baseball team rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the championship game of the Girard Class 4A Regional Tournament here Friday night to prevail 7-4 and earn the program's seventh trip to a state tournament. In the semifinals earlier in the day, the top-seeded Tigers (12-8) got by fourth-seeded Labette County 1-0...

To protect Kansans while they are on the road, Governor Mark Parkinson signed House Substitute for SB 300, a ban against texting while driving. "As we head into Memorial Day weekend and the summer, one of the busiest driving times for Kansans, I am please to sign this legislation that will encourage more aware drivers and save Kansas lives," Parkinson said...

This summer, local youth will once again have the opporunity to learn about physical fitness. Next month, kids who are 6 to 10 years of age can remain physically active by participating in the annual Fit-n-Fun program, which is sponsored by the fitness center and Trainwreck Tees, a local business...

With the slice of a large pair of scissors, decades of work came to fruition as the community celebrated the inclusion of downtown Fort Scott on the National Register of Historic Places. "All of us who live in Fort Scott know it take a long time for things to happen," Historic Downtown Committee member Becky Mann said. "We start on projects and sometimes it takes years ... in this case it took decades."...