Stories from Friday, October 30, 2015

Area youngsters and their families are preparing for the fun of Halloween night, but it can also be a dangerous night if proper safety practices aren't followed. The Fort Scott Police Department has released some safety precautions that costumed trick-or-treaters and their parents or guardians can follow to help ensure safe enjoyment of the holiday...

The Uniontown City Council met in a special meeting Wednesday night to discuss information received about storm shelters from a recent Federal Emergency Management Agency workshop in Kansas City, Mo. In August, the city was awarded a 2015 Kansas Small Cities Community Development Block Grant from the Department of Commerce for $110,000 to build two storm shelters for the community. The city is providing a matching fund in the amount of $15,890 for a total project of $125,890...

St. Mary's Catholic School students have studied the heroes of their faith this month. A costume parade and party were the culmination of the study, Principal Krista Gorman said. Instead of Halloween, the school's students focus on saints of their faith. All Saints' Day is celebrated on Nov. 1. At 11 a.m. Sunday fifth-grade students will perform a museum of saints for the church's congregation...

Both teams have already clinched playoff berths, so what's really at stake when Paola visits Fort Scott High in the Class 4A-Division I District 4 finale tonight at Frary Field? Well, there's positioning in the playoff bracket. The winner, as district champion, gets home-field advantage in the Regional (first) round of the playoffs on November 6. The loser has to go on the road to face Eudora, the champion of District 3...

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UNIONTOWN -- John Reed's seven touchdowns helped lead Uniontown to a 60-12 pasting of visiting Waverly in the Eight-Man Division I District 1 finale for both teams here Thursday night. The Eagles finished as district champions at 5-0 and go into the playoffs with a 9-0 record. Waverly's season ended at 2-3, 4-5...

Wilma Hattie Colvin Wright, age 96, former resident of Fort Scott and Ottawa, Kan., and recently of Granbury, Texas, died Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, in Granbury. Funeral arrangements for Wilma Wright will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel 201 S. Main St...

As part of a military family, Holly Baker, the new chief of interpretation and resource management at Fort Scott National Historic Site, lived in many diverse places, which created an urge to move. "As a kid I lived in Louisiana, Germany, Arizona, Alaska, and Florida," Baker said...

As part of a military family, Holly Baker, the new chief of interpretation and resource management at Fort Scott National Historic Site, lived in many diverse places, which created an urge to move. "As a kid I lived in Louisiana, Germany, Arizona, Alaska, and Florida," Baker said...

The Bourbon County Commissioners took a look Tuesday at some of the county's recent investments -- a new rock quarry and a new transfer station at the landfill. Citing a need for a landfill in the southern portion of the county to lesson the miles rock trucks travel in the county, the commissioners set aside $50,000 in the 2015 budget to open a new quarry...