Stories from Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Bourbon County Commissioners received an update Tuesday on construction of the new Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center. Commissioners visited the construction site located at 323 E. 20th St., during their regular meeting and later returned to the commission room at the courthouse for the afternoon portion of their meeting...

Bourbon County dodged a major winter weather bullet last weekend, officials said. Local officials said Tuesday the city and county were fortunate the severe ice storm predicted to hit the area over the weekend was not as bad as anticipated. The area did receive some freezing rain, but warmer temperatures that arrived Sunday melted off much of the ice after it formed...

On a night during which the little things never seemed to go right for either team, visiting Labette had just enough of them go their way in the second quarter at Arnold Arena Monday afternoon as the Cardinals went on to defeat Fort Scott Community College's women, 61-51, in the Jayhawk Conference-Division II opener for both teams...

Defending division co-champion Fort Scott Community College's men got the conference season started on the right track by surviving a battle against Labette in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play at Arnold Arena Monday evening for a 76-72 overtime victory...

PLEASANTON -- Three Eagles scored in double figures Tuesday night as Uniontown's boys defeated rival Marmaton Valley, 51-34, in a round-robin pool game at the Pleasanton Tournament. Uniontown's girls fell late to Olathe Heritage Christian, 40-38, to fall into the back half of the bracket for a Thursday game that will determine if they play for third or fifth place...

Fort Scott High School's wrestling teams built up big leads and were able to make them hold up in a home triangular at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. The Tigers went out to a 41-0 lead on Columbus in the first dual as they went on to win 47-27. They led Iola 54-0 and held on for a 54-20 win...