Stories from Tuesday, June 7, 2016

A portion of a local U.S. Highway 69 expansion project has been moved up, officials said. The first phase of the project, which would create six miles of a four-lane upgradeable expressway on U.S. 69 from the Bourbon and Crawford County line north six miles and is estimated to cost $25 million, is expected to be let for bid this fall...

The 35th Annual Good Ol' Days Festival theme this year was the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service. The weekend kicked off Thursday with the 11th Annual Fort Scott Idol Contest at Memorial Auditorium and the carnival at Skubitz Plaza West...

John Reed, son of Blake and Natasha Reed of Savonburg and a 2016 graduate of Uniontown High School, has been selected to particpate in the 31st Annual Kansas 8 Man All Star Football Games at Beloit on Saturday. Reed will play for the East squad in the Division I game, which kicks off at 10 a.m. at Beloit's Trojan Field. The Division II game will follow...

ST. LOUIS -- Fort Scott High School graduate Cassidy Westhoff competed in the Festival of Miles, hosted by Saint Louis University here Thursday. According to information supplied by Fort Scott head girls' track coach Tracey Bogina, Westhoff turned in a time of 5:02.52 as she finished seventh in the Spewak One-Mile Run. ...