Stories from Saturday, May 31, 2014

SALINA -- Fort Scott High School's baseball team ran into a familiar opponent in the semifinal of the Class 4A-Division I State Baseball Tournament at Dean Evans Stadium here Friday afternoon. And Paola ended the Tigers' championship hopes while Rose Hill forced them to settle for fourth place, although that is the program's highest finish in State competition since 2001, when they also finished fourth...

SALINA -- Fort Scott High School's softball team finished as the third-place team in the Kansas Class 4A-Division I State Tournament here Friday after losing to top-seeded and eventual champion Augusta in the semifinals and beating Louisburg in the third-place game...

Gary Lee Houston, age 54, resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, died Friday, May 30, 2014, at his home following his battle with cancer. He was born April 4, 1960, in Fort Scott, the son of Wayne J. Houston and Vivian Marie McDaniel Houston. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1978. ...

The second and final community forum related to a potential USD 234 school bond issue was held Thursday evening at Fort Scott High School. School officials as well as members of the public listened as Hollis and Miller Architect representatives Keegan Jackson and Michelle Chavey apprised the audience of dollar figures related to various school bond options...

A two-vehicle accident and an alleged burglary kept officers with the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office busy Thursday. About 10:30 or 11 a.m. Thursday, the BCSO received a report of a burglary at the old M&L foundry on Maple Road just off of Franklin Street on the east side of Fort Scott, BCSO Deputy Logan Probasco said Friday...

While talking about the asphalt work recently completed on Jayhawk Road, Bourbon County Second District Commissioner Barbara Albright on Friday asked Bourbon County Roads and Bridges Director Jim Harris to explain why the county is producing its own asphalt...

At Thursday morning's Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce weekly coffee, Bill Fischer, historian at the Fort Scott National Historic Site (FSNHS), told the audience that the preservation of the old Fort Scott has been a long journey of citizens caring about preserving their history...