Stories from Saturday, July 18, 2015

In October 2014, Bourbon County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) was awarded with a Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) Grant in the amount of $8,000. The grant's purpose is to provide funding for preparedness simulations. Such is the case with the emergency exercise held Saturday, July 11 at the railroad yard in Fort Scott. The exercise had different stations located around the downtown Fort Scott area...

Fort Scott USD 234 school buses and other district vehicles are ready for the roads when the school year begins. Kansas Highway Patrol troopers were in Fort Scott Friday to inspect district buses and other vehicles in preparation for the upcoming 2015-16 school year, which begins Aug. 27. KHP Master Trooper Jeff Scott said more than 50 district vehicles inspected Friday passed the patrol's inspections...

Charlee Harper of Fort Scott enjoys the kiddies' swim pool slide Friday afternoon at the Fort Scott Aquatic Center. The pool is open from 1 to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 1 to 6 p.m. Sundays. There is an adult only swim from 5:30 to 6:16 p.m. Monday through Friday. The pool closes for inclement weather or when the air temperature is below 70 degrees...

Fort Scott's team will live to play another day -- today, to be exact -- following a 19-8 thumping of Spring River in the first elimination bracket game of the Kansas Babe Ruth 13-and-Under Regional Baseball Tournament at Dave Regan Stadium Friday night...