Stories from Saturday, February 27, 2016

Uniontown City Council held a special meeting Monday to open the bids for the storm shelter project it was awarded in July 2015. The grant was a Kansas Small Cities Community Development Block Grant. Two bids were submitted Feb. 19 for the project that will provide two storm shelters for the town...

The more you know about yourself, the more you can pinpoint symptoms of heart disease that can save your life, Dr. Jose De Hoyos said during the "Go Red For Women" lunch and learn Thursday at Mercy Hospital. De Hoyos used the government website, nhibi.nih.gov as part of his informational speech...

About 500 people filtered through St. Mary's Kennedy Gym Friday evening for the weekly Knights of Columbus Fish Fry for during Lent. Roughly 3,000 people are expected to receive meals during the six-week event, K. of C. member Joe Barr said. During the event, which has been held for more than 15 years, the Knights serve about 150 pounds of fish each week, he said...

Lewis Williams, age 92, longtime resident of Redfield, and recently of Guest Home Estates, died Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at the Guest Home Estates. Funeral services for Lewis Williams will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

HAYS -- No matter what Uniontown freshman Graham Hathaway would go on to accomplish at the Kansas Class 3-2-1A State Wrestling Tournament here, he has already made school history by being the first Eagle to qualify for a State tournament. Uniontown's wrestling program began last season...

SALINA -- Fort Scott sophomore Derek Bollinger will wrestle for a State championship later today at the Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament here in a rematch of last weekend's final in the Columbus Class 4A Regional. Bollinger is one of five Tigers still alive for a medal out of the six the team brought here. ...

INDEPENDENCE -- Independence swept Fort Scott High's basketball teams here Friday night in the league and regular-season finales for all teams involved. Independence's girls took a Southeast Kansas League battle from the Tigers, 44-40. Bulldog boys pulled away at the free-throw line in the last 1:40 of play and prevailed 50-44...

Fort Scott Community College's women will host a playoff game for the first time in nearly a decade this afternoon as fifth-seeded Hesston visits the No. 4 Greyhounds for a Region VI-Division II first-round playoff game at Arnold Arena. Tip off is scheduled for 2 p.m...