Stories from Monday, September 20, 2010

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown High School volleyball will host Dig Pink Night, an event designed to promote October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, at its home triangular with St. Paul and Northeast, which begins tonight at 6 p.m. in the West Bourbon Elementary School gymnasium...

HUMBOLDT -- Pleasanton's volleyball team went 1-3 at the Humboldt Tournament here Saturday. In their opening match, the Blu-Jays (6-13) fought back from 10-point deficits in each game but fell to Crest in two games, 25-21, 25-23. Megan Lowe recorded 8 kills and Johnnea Saulsberry had 9 assists...

Longview (Mo.) swept Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team at Arnold Arena Monday night in non-conference play, 25-15, 25-20, 25-17. The Lakers seemed especially focused on not letting Katie Van Lue, the Greyhounds' best hitter, beat them. Van Lue finished the night with just 7 kills, four of which came in the second set...

Fort Scott Community College will hold auditions for its fall production of "Cinderella" at 4 p.m. Sunday and 5 p.m. Monday in the theatre of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at FSCC, 2108 S. Horton. The auditions are open to the community; those who are interested should be prepared to dance and sing. ...

TOPEKA -- Kansas State Treasurer Dennis McKinney announced today that he has received the endorsement of the Kansas Farm Bureau as he seeks a full term as State Treasurer. "As a lifelong farmer, I understand the challenges facing Kansas agricultural producers and have long supported issues vital to our rural communities," McKinney said. ...

With 48 debaters prepared for opening weekend, the Fort Scott High School Tiger debate squad spread out to four different tournaments. The Tigers won the team overall sweepstakes trophy at the two tournaments where the team was eligible for the trophies. At Gardner-Edgerton, all all-novice event, the first-year squad members captured five of the top six placings...

TOPEKA -- Kansas Attorney General Steve Six and the Drug Enforcement Agency will be hosting National Drug Takeback Day on Saturday, September 25 at locations across Kansas. The event will last from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm. Kansans with expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs are encouraged to take them to one of 29 locations across the state. ...

It's official. The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees, during their regular meeting Monday, approved the lease purchase of the former National Guard Armory building, located at the corner of 23rd and Horton streets, from the City of Fort Scott...

A local landmark shelter's future will be discussed by the Fort Scott City Commission Tuesday evening. The repairs to Shelter House No. 1 at Gunn Park will be a topic of discussion at the meeting, more importantly the commission will decide what the next step should be in making improvements and reopening the popular shelter...

Spring Hill seemed determined to embarrass Fort Scott High School's soccer team Monday afternoon. The visiting Broncos took 45 shots -- one roughly every 1 minute, 42 seconds -- and were still trying to score in the waning moments of an 8-1 rout of the Tigers at Ellis Park...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team faced tough competition at the Pittsburg Invitational here Saturday but managed a fourth-place finish. "It was a really tough tournament," Fort Scott head coach Carol Bingesser said. "We started at 10 a.m. and played back-to-back five matches. No lunch; we got finished at 5:15."...

GARDEN CITY -- Fort Scott Community College's football team had a chance to take control of its own destiny in its quest to make the Region VI Playoffs here Saturday night. Instead Garden City defeated the Greyhounds for the first time in five years, 16-13...