Stories from Saturday, October 6, 2012

Tanya Hadley and Tim Hessong exchanged wedding vows on Sept. 1, 2012, at Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, in Mission, Kan. Vows were solemnized by the Rev. Bill Breedlove. The bride is the daughter of Cecil and Phyllis Combs, Fort Scott, and granddaughter of Cecil Combs, Marjorie Logan, and John Fowler, Fort Scott, and Kenneth and Juanita Harper, Quinlan, Okla...

Special to the Herald-Tribune Air Force Capt. Edward D. Reese has graduated from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. The graduate received a medical degree and was commissioned to the rank of captain, with a minimum seven-year active duty service commitment...

Special to the Herald-Tribune Army Pfc. Asa A. Harlow Fitzpatrick has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, core values and traditions. ...

The All-SE-KAN girls' golf team was made official and released Tuesday afternoon. SE-KAN was created by Fort Scott Head Coach Karen Curran and her husband, Girard Head Coach Steve Curran, in 2004. That was a time when none of the leagues in Southeast Kansas sponsored the sport and the players didn't have league honors to earn...

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High's Katren Rienbolt took a convincing win at the Independence Cross-Country Invitational here Thursday, beating rival Michaela Ozier of Labette County by nearly a minute. Rienbolt finished the four-kilometer course in a time of 15 minutes, 7.69 seconds. Ozier came in next in 16:02.57...

MORAN, Kan. -- Located just six miles apart and wearing the same school colors of black and orange, Uniontown and Marmaton Valley have a fairly-heated rivalry. But they hadn't met on the gridiron in a decade due to playing different brands of football...

FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High scored on each of its first six possessions Friday night and the Tigers went on to steamroll Labette County in Southeast Kansas League action, 41-6, on Homecoming at Frary Field. Victor Hughes rushed for 206 yards on 14 carries and scored twice, the most rushing yards by a Tiger since B.J. ...