Stories from Saturday, March 12, 2016

The Uniontown City Council is pushing ahead with solving the problems of its aging natural gas distribution system. During Tuesdays monthly city council meeting, Mayor Larry Jurgensen said the city will be reapplying for a Kansas Department of Commerce's Community Development Block Grant to pay for the gas system improvements...

For many years the General Public Transportation has provided transit services for the general public, senior citizens, and disabled individuals. The Southeast Kansas Community Action Program (SEK-CAP) service will end June 30. This comes after a partial match of the required funds to provide the service was not provided...

Fort Scott Community College Head Softball Coach Kristin Janes (dark hoodie) and members of the FSCC softball team pull a tarp over the softball field at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex on Friday afternoon. The softball team is scheduled to play Haskell JV at 1 p.m. today, weather permitting...

In order to beat today's predicted bad weather, Fort Scott Community College's baseball team moved a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader to Friday at Lions Field. Coffeyville probably didn't agree to the beating the Greyhounds then handed them as Fort Scott swept the twinbill 15-1 and 13-2, both games shortened by the run rules...