Stories from Saturday, January 12, 2013

UNIONTOWN -- The annual business meeting of the Marmaton Watershed District will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, at Uniontown City Hall. During the meeting, two board members will be elected and the district's five-year plan will be voted on. The meeting will include a slide program put together by professional archaeologist, Jim D. Feagins, who is from Belton, Mo...

The latest outdoor installment of the Miners Museum in Franklin is the subject of a dedication celebration set for 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The museum is located at 701 S. Broadway, Franklin, on Business U.S. Highway 69. A dragline bucket used in strip-mining operations to remove the overburden of soil from coal seams will be revealed and other festivities held...

Uniontown Junior High's boys' basketball teams enjoyed a busy week. Monday, Uniontown traveled to Mound City and played Jayhawk-Linn. 'These were two big games for us and we did really well,' head coach Chad Hays said. The eighth-grade team won 26-24 in a game that came down to the last shot...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's girls ran into a Frontenac team that was hitting on all cylinders and wound up falling 60-23 Friday night at home. The Lady Eagles didn't get their first points until the 4:10 mark of the first quarter, unable to break the Raider press. A rash of turnovers due to the pressure led to easy baskets inside and the visitors ran off the first 11 points of the game...

UNIONTOWN -- A cold third quarter proved decisive as host Uniontown dropped a 56-41 decision Friday night to a deep Frontenac team. The teams were fairly even throughout the first half but the home team, facing a Raider squad that was subbing five players at a time, lost its shooting touch and was outscored 16-8...

GIRARD -- Three free throws in the final 35 seconds allowed Girard's girls, ranked No. 9 in Class 4A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, to come away with a 39-36 victory over Fort Scott High in non-league play here Friday night. Haydn Herlocker, said to have already committed to playing at Pittsburg State, sparked the Trojans (7-2) in the fourth quarter as she scored 11 of her game-high 17 points...

GIRARD -- It was rather fortunate for Fort Scott High's boys that Girard's Devin Alters' hot streak came only in the third quarter here Friday night. Alters scored all 12 of his points in that period and his effort helped the Trojans take the lead midway through. But then the Tigers reclaimed the lead with three 3-point goals and held off Girard, 45-35, in non-league play...