Stories from Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Staff and students in USD 234 schools have begun the march toward the end of the school year. During Monday’s USD 234 Board of Education meeting, principals at each school building and other administrators updated board members on activities at their respective schools, which include staff training, student testing and extracurricular activities...

On Monday, USD 235 Board of Education members received an update on the education redesign project to move the focuse away from standardized testing to preparing junior and senior students for post high school. In this first year, the district is in the planning stage with the goal to implement redesign in 2020-21. Already, there is momentum in the program, according to a report from Jeanne Camac, junior and senior high counselor...

It looked more like fall than winter Sunday in Gunn Park as last week’s snow melted and rain fell Sunday morning, making for a cooler, misty afternoon. Snow returned to the forecast early today. Temperatures will drop to the teens tonight, but warmer temperatures will return by the weekend...

Linda Kay Wheeler, age 78, resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at her home. She was born July 29, 1941, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Chester and Mildred Rogers Seaver. She graduated from Fort Scott high school with the class of 1959. ...

Offensive struggles for the Fort Scott Tiger varsity boys basketball team in the second half led to a 50-37 loss to the Labette County Grizzlies Friday night. Despite playing strong in the second and third quarters, the Lady Tigers fell 60-31 in the first game of the varsity doubleheader...