Stories from Thursday, June 13, 2013

Kevin Ray Wilson, age 50, resident of Fort Scott, died early Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at the Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo. He was born March 6, 1963, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Arlie and Wilma Hall Wilson. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1981. ...

Fort Scott Police Department officers and staff from years past, as well as those currently serving the department, are the focus of a photo history project police officials are trying to grow. In January, the department began a project to collect and compile a pictorial history of the department. ...

City officials said this week local residents may notice some changes in their tap water as water department staff conduct an annual chlorine "burnout." The city began this week a process called a burnout of the water distribution system, which flushes the system and establishes a "free chlorine residual." The Water Treatment Plant is conducting the burnout to restore normal chlorination to the city's water...

The beginning of the 2013-2014 school year at Uniontown will reflect a change in the way students learn after the USD 235 Board of Education approved a technology initiative last week. When high school seniors return to school, they each will be handed a Chromebook...

A new monument paying tribute to three Medal of Honor recipients with ties to Fort Scott was set Wenesday on Skubitz Plaza at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. The monument recognizes U.S. Marine 1st Lt. William D. Hawkins, U.S. Army Pvt. George F. Pond and U.S. Army Pvt. William H. Longshore and also tells how many Medal of Honors were awarded in each war or conflict...