Stories from Wednesday, February 17, 2016

The Bourbon County Sheriff will be adding some new tools to its belt, thanks to a donation from a private individual. The donation means the only expense to the county will be some food -- dog food, that is. Sheriff Bill Martin on Tuesday announced to the county commissioners the office is starting a new K-9 unit in the near future...

Fort Scott City Commissioners learned during their Tuesday meeting that a city staff member has resigned. Following a brief discussion on the quality of city staff and several city projects that officials said have the city moving forward, City Manager Dave Martin announced that Slayden Davis, the city's director of information technology since 2013, recently submitted his resignation and will be moving back to Texas...

Flags at the war memorial on Skubitz Plaza at the north end of Main Street are half-staff honoring the death of United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Saturday. All flags of the United States are to be flown at half-staff at the White House and on all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the federal government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its territories and possessions until sunset, on the day of internment, Feb. ...

BUFFALO, Kan. -- Uniontown's basketball teams kept their winning streaks going with a sweep of winless Altoona-Mid-way teams here Tuesday night. Uniontown's girls are on an eight-game streak following a Three Rivers League 56-25 domination over the Jets, who have lost over 60 regular-season games in a row...

ALTAMONT -- Labette County, ranked No. 6 in Class 4A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, dispatched Fort Scott's girls in Southeast Kansas League play here Tuesday night by a score of 57-32. The Tigers (3-6 SEK, 6-11 overall) found a spark at the beginning of the second half, scoring 13 consecutive points to trim a 21-point deficit down to 35-23 with just under five minutes to go. Senior Ashley Cook scored 5 points in that run and Emily Hale added 4...

ALTAMONT -- Tanner Russell's 3-pointer with about 30 seconds remaining led Labette County's boys to a 55-53 over Fort Scott High here Tuesday night in Southeast Kansas League play. The Tigers (4-5 SEK, 9-8 overall) came back looking for a shot but Labette County got the rebound. Fort Scott had to foul, sending Skylar Gatewood to the free-throw line with four seconds to go. He missed the front end of his one-and-one and the Tigers got the rebound but were unable to make a long shot for the win...