Uniontown News

Start spreading the news. They're leaving Saturday. Ashley Feagins and Lauren Rockhold, two cheerleaders at Uniontown High School, plan to leave Saturday on a plane to travel to New York City to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

This is the first in a series of articles about heroes for teens."Hero" here is defined as a person noted for feats of courage and nobility of purpose, a person whom we would like our teens to imitate and emulate.

A new map of the Cato area is the result of a project that has been four years in the making.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Irena Sendler risked life and limb to save the lives of 2,500 Jewish children during the Holocaust.

Emma Jean "Jimmy" Graham, age 86, former resident of Uniontown, Kan., died Tuesday morning, Oct.

The family of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ramsey, Uniontown, announce the couple's 50th Wedding Anniversary.

At an Oct. 11 meeting of the Vernon County Historical Society, Megan Felt and Jessica Ripper deliver a presentation about a Polish woman whose efforts saved many children from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.

Uniontown wrapped up the Three Rivers League volleyball championship by sweeping Pleasanton and Crest here Tuesday night.

Recent enrollment counts at area schools show mixed results. Fort Scott Community College has an enrollment of 2,017 students this fall, an increase of 278 students from last fall and the first time that enrollment at the college has broken the 2,000 student mark, according to FSCC officials.

West Bourbon Elementary students learned the importance of personal safety on Friday.

Kerry King and Kenneth Wunderly were married October 25, 2008, at Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Fort Scott.

It seems improbable that there would be a market for another book about Righteous Gentiles, but a new book by two local authors is unlike others.

Two unique local businesses will be the focus of upcoming tours sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce.

Sybil Jeanette Standley, 63 of Garden City, Kan., died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, at her home in Garden City.

The annual 72nd Bronson Alumni Banquet was held. May 23 in the Bronson Community Building.

West Bourbon Elementary School students fill new backpacks with school supplies during the school's enrollment on Aug.

West Bourbon Elementary School students fill new backpacks with school supplies during the school's enrollment on Aug.

West Bourbon Elementary School students fill new backpacks with school supplies during the school's enrollment on Aug.

Charles Thomas "Chuck" Mead, 63, of Prescott, Kan., died Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kan.

Two area school boards will review their operating budgets one more time next week before the start of the new school year.