Stories from Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Stepping into the 21st century, the 35 seniors at Uniontown High School will all be checking out Chromebooks for the 2013-14 school year. Chromebooks is a new type of computer that has multiple layers of security, storage and Google products built into the operating system, according to website: google.com...

Editor's note: This is the second of a four-part interview with Fort Scott USD 234 Schools Superintendent Diane Gross on her first year in office and a look ahead for the school system. Part two will explore the challenges looming before the district. Part three will look at the opportunities and transition...

A new grant program offered through the city of Fort Scott is designed to provide incentive for downtown business owners to fix up their properties. Jim Pitts, a member of a subcommittee of the Downtown Buildings and Infrastructure Action Team, which played a key role in the creation of the grant program, brought a proposal for the program before the Fort Scott City Commission Aug. 20. Commissioners later approved the grant program after Pitts' presentation...

Joyce Marie Trogdon of Santa Monica, Calif., passed away Aug. 16. She was born in 1956 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Leonard and Shirley Trogdon. Graveside services will be held at Large Cemetery, 12 miles south of Fort Scott. A Memorial service will be announced at a later date and time...

Alex King and Mikayla Norris finished second in No. 1 doubles as Fort Scott High's junior varsity tennis squad became the school's first team to play this season. King and Norris were 2-1 on the day. They defeated Independence's Katie Capps/Kaylee Bryant in the first round, 6-3, and Iola's Baleigh Seeber/Allyson Hobbs, 6-0, in the second. Pittsburg's Chelsea McQuarie/Abi Felter won the final match, 6-1...