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UJH splits with Pleasanton (Community Sports ~ 10/14/15)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown Junior High's seventh-grade volleyball team swept visiting Pleasanton here Thursday evening in two sets while the eighth-grade squad fell in three sets to the Blu-Jays. The seventh-grade team beat Pleasnton, 25-17, 25-18. Brianna Stokes served for 12 points in the second set. Becky Goebel and Aiden Holt served for 5 points each in the opening set... -
JV Tigers win 54-0 at Indy (High School Sports ~ 10/14/15)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity football team whitewashed Independence, 54-0, here Monday night. Zarek Fewell got the scoring started when he returned the opening kickoff 78 yards for a touchdown. Derek Bollinger ran in the 2-point conversion... -
Harrison to make fourth trip to State Tennis (High School Sports ~ 10/14/15)
Fort Scott High School senior Jennifer Harrison has achieved something that is rare for athletes at any school, much less here. She has qualified for a State Tournament in the same sport all four years of high school. Her final trip will take place Friday and Saturday at the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament in Winfield... -
City of Bronson to buy camera to deter vandals
(Local News ~ 10/14/15)
* the September meeting, council members approved the use of $150 to go towards the purchase of trail cameras to help thwart vandals who had been shooting out streetlights. Since then, Police Officer Dustin Huff has researched various options for a camera that would suit Bronson's needs...
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Four properties submitted for consideration as jail site
(Local News ~ 10/14/15)
In the coming days, Bourbon County officials will be contemplating proposals they received Tuesday for land to build a new county jail. Following the second of two 30-minute executive sessions to discuss land acquisition, commissioners voted to allow Sheriff Bill Martin and County Counselor Justin Meeks to contact four landowners about the availability of land for the jail site...
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Graduation time to change at Uniontown
(Local News ~ 10/14/15)
Following a presentation by Uniontown High School Seniors Lindsay Nietfeld and Gavin Miller, the USD 235 Board of Education approved moving the time of graduation from 7 p.m. to 2 p.m. on May 21. The ceremony is held at West Bourbon Elementary School...
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Learning fire safety (Local News ~ 10/14/15)
Fourth-grade students at Eugene Ware School escape from a window in the Fort Scott Fire Department's fire safety trailer as artificial smoke billows out during a learning exercise Tuesday outside the school. Students learned about smoke detectors, how to navigate through a house and climb out during a simulated fire emergency, and how to meet with others inside the house at a designated meeting place outside, among other lessons...
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