Stories from Friday, May 20, 2016

The effective date for establishment of the quiet zone at the Wall Street railroad crossing has changed, Fort Scott City Commissioners learned Tuesday. The quiet zone would prohibit train horns at a distance within a quarter mile before and after the Wall Street railroad crossing...

Uniontown residents will soon have a place of refuge during tornadic weather. Ground work has begun on community storm shelters. In July 2015 the City of Uniontown received notice of being awarded a $110,000 Kansas Small Cities Community Development Block Grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce, according to an earlier Tribune report. The project includes installing two pre-cast storm shelters purchased from Protection Shelters of Wichita...

PITTSBURG -- Third-seeded St. Paul scored bit in the middle innings and held on to defeat second-seeded Uniontown in the second round of the Colgan Class 2-1A Regional Baseball Tournament at Jaycee Ball Park here Wednesday. With the win, St. Paul advanced to the championship game, where top-seeded host Colgan (17-4) run-ruled the Indians by a score of 11-1 to advance on to yet another State Tournament...

PAOLA -- Third-seeded Spring Hill upset second-seeded Fort Scott High on its way to a Regional title here Wednesday as the Broncos defeated the Tigers, 2-1, in 11 innings in the first round before going on to knock off top-seeded Paola, 4-1, in the finals...

Goldston tosses no-hitter in first round win

John Wesley Beal, 74, Shawnee, Kan., passed away Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo. Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Thursday, May 26, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Shawnee, Kan. Inurnment will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Leavenworth National Cemetery with Military Honors. Memorial contributions may be made to Cancer Action, 10520 Barkley, Ste. 100 Overland Park, KS 66212 or Kansas City Hospice House, 12000 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO 64145...

A grave side memorial service will be held for Leland and Wanda Wood at Maple Grove Cemetery on May 28, 2016 at 2 p.m. All friends and family are invited.

A Mercy EMS official said until now, he has avoided involvement with the dispute between Fire District 2 Garland and Scott and Drywood Townships. But after fire fighters from those entities did not respond to a recent EMS call, Kenny Wunderly, RN and EMS supervisor, said that stance has changed...

School may be out for the year but that doesn't mean work on the USD 234 school bond projects will be letting up. In fact, work is slated to pick up at all four district schools over the summer months. On Wednesday, a day after school let out for the year, work began to remove items from school buildings in preparation for removal of any asbestos and other improvements slated as part of the $40.8 million school bond projects. ...