Stories from Monday, February 2, 2009

The Fort Scott Tribune The mayor of McCune, Don Call, is reportedly suspected of cruelty to animals after shooting two dogs, according to the Crawford County Sheriff's Office. On Sunday, Feb. 1, at about 11:50 a.m., Crawford County Sheriff's Office received a report from McCune resident Mike York saying he witnessed Call shoot and kill two dogs belonging to Duane Whal...

By Michael Pommier The Fort Scott Tribune Fort Scott City Commission candidates are focusing on youth and spending in their campaign for 2009 seats. Kathy Dancer said she believes Fort Scott has been improving in the past few years and hopes new commissioners will not take steps backward. She also would like to see the high level of community involvement maintained as the city progress...

The Fort Scott Tribune Fort Scott Community College has announced its reception of a $900,000 Facilities Capital Challenge Grant from the prestigious Kresge Foundation in Troy, Mich. The Kresge Foundation is using a challenge grant to help FSCC increase their already impressive fundraising goals. FSCC will have 18 months to raise the challenge amount of $1.8 million dollars and, if the goal is met, the Kresge Foundation will award FSCC $900,000...

By Jason E. Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune he Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees received two special treats on Monday. During their regular meeting, trustees were able to take one final tour of the nearly-completed 44,000-square-foot Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, which is scheduled to be finished and opened next month. ...

The Fort Scott Tribune The Kansas Department of Transportation has started mowing the right-of-way on U.S. Highway 69 from Fort Scott south to Arma in preparation for an aerial survey in March. The survey is designed to collect additional information about U.S. ...

By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune When Fort Scott Municipal Airport manager Kenny Howard arrived at work early Monday morning, he was greeted by the work of vandals. Sometime during the weekend, unknown suspects destroyed the airport's mailbox by beating it with a dead Canada Goose. ...

COFFEYVILLE -- When Fort Scott Community College's men upset Coffeyville in the first game of conference play on Jan. 3, it was in large part because the Greyhounds dominated the Red Ravens in the rebounding department. Coffeyville was determined not to let that happen again and held the Greyhounds to just nine boards in the first half and 25 in the game on its way to a 91-63 blowout in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play Saturday night...

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott Community College's women had seemed to find some of the things they needed to become a top team in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division recently. But here Saturday night, Coffeyville took most of those things away from the Greyhounds and coasted to a 74-63 win...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown and Jayhawk-Linn split a make-up doubleheader here Monday night. Jayhawk-Linn's girls rebounded from their first loss of the season Friday night -- a game in which they scored just 19 points -- to defeat Uniontown, 52-46. Uniontown's boys salvaged the split with a 59-34 win over the Jayhawks...

By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune After a lengthy executive session with USD 234's attorney Charles Gentry on Monday night members of the Board of Education opened the monthly school board meeting up for its open session about 45 minutes past the intended start time...

Two female minors were reportedly taken to Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott Monday after the vehicle they were traveling in drove through a fence and overturned in rural Bourbon County. Kansas State Highway Patrol, along with Bourbon County Sheriff's Office Deputies, Fort Scott and Bourbon County District 3 fire crews were called to Maple road .4 miles east of 145th Street at about 5:15 p.m. after receiving reports of a single vehicle crash...