Stories from Wednesday, August 27, 2014

City workers expect to repair a warped section of road at Wall and Judson streets sometime later this year. Barricades have been set up around a section of Judson Street at the intersection, forcing drivers to steer around them on a patch of Judson Street that has bubbled up over time, creating dips for motorists. A pothole on one half of the road is blocked off. However, the dips on the other half of the road can cause problems for drivers...

Fort Scott High School graduates are showing they are ready for college based on the results of students who took the ACT college entrance exam in 2014. USD 234 Superintendent Bob Beckham, former principal at FSHS, said 63 students, about half of the FSHS class of 2014, took the ACT exam in 2014. ...

Several changes have taken place at General Public Transportation in Fort Scott. The buses are no longer parked at Bourbon County Senior Citizens in the evening and an additional phone number is available to riders of the transit, (620) 224-4702. The other number for transportation remains the same (620) 224-0360...

Fort Scott High's junior varsity tennis team started its season on Monday with a home tournament. Each of the Tigers' entries finished third in their pools, all with 1-2 records on the day in round-robin play. Briana Williams played No. 1 singles. She lost to Independence's Emily Wilson in her first match, 6-0. She defeated Iola's Erin Klubek, 6-3, and lost to Pittsburg's Chania Stewart, 6-2...

Although there are 14 girls out for tennis at Fort Scott High School this season, leadership will have to come from young players as none of them are seniors. Junior Jennifer Harrison is a two-time State qualifier in singles with a high-school varsity record of 37-20, going 20-13 last season. Also, classmates Char Hutchison and Emmah Reeves were 13-15 together as a doubles team last season. But the remainder of the Tiger roster has about 20 sets of varsity experience combined...