Stories from Wednesday, February 10, 2016

In weeks to come, Bourbon County Commissioners will be prioritizing a list of hard-surface road projects. Public Works Director Jim Harris on Tuesday provided commissioners with a preliminary list of roads to be addressed in the summer. The county began using a list to prioritize hard surface roads projects in 2014...

USD 235 Board of Education members listened Monday night as Interim Superintendent Jan Hedges read her recommendations for rectifying issues raised during the annual financial audit in December. "I refer you back to the audit report we had from Terry Sercer (with Diehl, Banwart, Bolton, Certified Public Accountants PA)," Hedges said...

Jason Harman, fire protection specialist coordinator of the Kansas Prescribed Fire Council speaks during a workshop to inform landowners about pasture burning strategies and provide other information on controlled burning. The workshop, held at the Fort Scott National Historic Site, was sponsored by the Southwind Extension District and National Park Service and featured several speakers. A report on the workshop will appear in a future edition of The Tribune...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's boys got by Oswego in a non-league contest here, 48-45, Tuesday night as Jesse Kuns scored 15 points and Garrett Elder added 12. The Eagles improved to 10-6 on the season with their third straight win. Oswego fell to 6-10 as they lost for the third consecutive time...

For the first time since the format began for the 2013-14 season, the Southeast Kansas League Dual Wrestling Tournament will be held in Fort Scott. The tournament will take place at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday beginning at 3 p.m. The seven schools will be seeded and then placed in a bracket. This will be a wrestling-style bracket with "wrestlebacks" determining places three through seven, not a common seven-team bracket with a bye included that one sees in basketball...

CHANUTE --Senior Ashley Cook became Fort Scott High School's all-time leading scorer in girls' basketball here Tuesday night, passing former leader Jolee Sharp during the second quarter. Cook's team-leading 18 points were not enough, however, to prevent a loss to seventh-ranked Chanute by a score of 51-39...

CHANUTE --A 12-0 run to start the fourth quarter sparked Chanute's boys as they came from behind to defeat Fort Scott High, 48-41, in Southeast Kansas League play here Tuesday night, breaking the Tigers six-game winning streak. The second-place Blue Comets (5-2, 10-5), winners of their last four, got back-to-back 3-pointers from Aaron Haviland and Kenton Richards to start the final stanza...