Stories from Saturday, June 4, 2016

Later this month, over 250 cyclists will race through Fort Scott as part of the "world's toughest bicycle race", an extraordinary athletic challenge testing racers to the utmost limits of their physical endurance, mental resilience and commitment to a cause. This is the 35th Anniversary of the Race Across America...

Fort Scott High School senior Kaleb DeLaTorre and junior Grant Goldston received All-Class 4A-Division I honors recently from the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches (KABC). DeLaTorre was chosen for a First Team spot as a second baseman even though he played shortstop this season. Goldston was chosen as a First Team catcher...

League champion Fort Scott High saw six members of its softball team named to the All-Southeast Kansas League Team, which was released earlier this week. League policy states that the All-League teams can't be released until the last SEK school completes postseason play. ...

Six members of the league champion Fort Scott High School baseball team were picked by Southeast Kansas League coaches for spots on the All-SEK Baseball Team, released earlier this week. League policy prohibited the release of the teams until the last SEK school completed postseason play. Chanute was the league's lone representative to a State Tournament, qualifying in Class 4A-Division I where the Blue Comets lost in the first round to Paola...

As the end of the fiscal year nears, local school districts are waiting to see how an ongoing school finance battle plays out. On May 27, the Kansas Supreme Court struck down a school finance equity bill the Kansas Legislature passed in March. The court ruled the equity fix, House Bill 2655, in regards to local option budget aid in the school finance lawsuit is unconstitutional and once again gave lawmakers until June 30 to make fixes or the school system would be unable to operate...

A U.S. federal feeding program continues this year from noon to 12:45 p.m. at three Fort Scott sites through the end of July. The sites are Bourbon County Senior Citizens at 26 N. Main St.; the Keyhole, 1002 S. Main St. and My Father's House Community Services, 1601 First St...

Good Ol' Days continues today beginning at 8 a.m. with the Dragoon Races at the high school's Frary Field. The day will include musical entertainment, the annual baby contest, street fair and marketplace, motorcycle and car show, carnival, and human foosball competition...