Stories from Friday, September 20, 2019

The defendant in an attempted murder case pleaded Friday morning in Bourbon County District Court. During a plea and arraignment hearing before Bourbon County District Judge Mark Ward, Shawn Thomas Keating, 39, of Kansas City, Kan., pleaded no contest to two counts of attempted murder in the first degree; intentional and premeditated, charges he faced stemming from his involvement in a Feb. 9 shooting at a residence in the 1100 block of East Oak Street...

Crews worked Thursday night and Friday to make repairs after several BNSF train cars derailed on the railroad tracks at the Wall Street crossing. Just before 8 p.m. Thursday, BNSF crews were “switching cars onto the track” and “setting out cars in the yard” when seven cars went off the track, BNSF Director of Public Affairs Andy Williams said Friday morning...

The United State of American gained 119 new citizens Friday when the Fort Scott National Historic Site hosted the annual naturalization ceremony. After the new citizens raised their right hand and took their oath, Carol Kuhl, courtroom deputy for the U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, told the citizens to raise both hands and say “Yay!”...

The Fort Scott Tigers clawed their way back to within two points of Independence Friday night, but were ultimately nipped by the Bulldogs 20-18. The Bulldogs, now 1-2 overall, got their first win of the season, while the Tigers, coming off a 58-0 loss to Paola Sept. 13, are also 1-2 overall and 1-1 in the SEK...