Stories from Saturday, December 12, 2015

The USD 234 Board of Education is slated to get information on final bids that have come in for several upcoming school bond projects. USD 234 Superintendent Bob Beckham said Wednesday he plans to update the board during its Monday meeting on numerous bids that have been received for interior and exterior work to be completed at all four district schools...

This is the first in a two-part series. Bourbon County Attorney Justin Meeks is a man on a mission. And that mission is explaining what prosecutors and judges must work with when it comes to the law in Kansas. The judicial system in the state primarily revolves around a pair of sentencing grids created by the state legislature, one for non-drug offenses and the other for drug offenses. ...

The new exhibit at Fort Scott National Historic Site was celebrated at the Chamber of Commerce weekly coffee Thursday morning. Chamber members were invited to tour the exhibit and learn about the project. A ribbon cutting was also held to mark the official opening...

Fort Scott High School's boys' junior varsity team won a first-round game in their own tournament Thursday night, defeating Chanute 51-25. Jesse Jones led the Tigers with 15 points, Brady Tourtillott added 13 and Gunnar Brown scored 10. The tourney continues today...

Fort Scott Middle School's eighth-grade basketball teams split their final home games of the season Thursday. The "A" Team lost to Chanute-Royster, 28-17, while the "B" Team took a 16-3 win. Kenady Poyner led the Tigers in the A game with 8 points and 6 rebounds. Addy Labbe and Alexis Rusk each scored 6 points in the B game. Rusk had 6 rebounds and Labbe finished with 5...

HUMBOLDT -- Shalina Harper made five 3-pointers to lead Uniontown's girls while Garrett Elder had a double-double as the Eagles swept Crest on the final night of the Humboldt round-Robin tournament here Friday night. Eagle girls improved to 2-2 on the season with their win. They nearly had as many points at the half, leading 23-9, as Crest (0-4) did in the game...