Stories from Friday, October 26, 2012

Although Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team has won just one of its last three matches, that victory Monday night put the Greyhounds into the playoffs for the first time since the 2007 season. Friday, the Greyhounds went to visit Cowley, the defending NJCAA Division II national champion and the nation's No. ...

YATES CENTER -- Uniontown won its final game of the season here Thursday night, beating Yates Center, 36-22, in an Eight-Man Division I District 2 contest. "Our kids overcame a lot of adversity the first half," Eagle head coach Chad Stroud said. "We dropped several passes, had too many penalties, and gave up a couple big plays on defense. John Reed busted a 43 yard touchdown run with five seconds left in the half. That was a huge momentum swing for us going into halftime."...

Fort Scott High School soccer coach Kevin Gray said his 2012 squad wanted to be the first in the program's 12-year history to represent Fort Scott in the state quarterfinals. Mission accomplished. Tiger senior Chase Howser scored the first of his three goals Thursday afternoon at the 24:38 mark of the first half as he led the Tigers to a 4-1 win over the Coffeyville Golden Tornado and a 4-3-2-1A Regional Championship at Ellis Park...

Editor's Note: This is part of a series of candidate profiles based on answers to a questionnaire sent out by the Tribune. ----- Democrat Shirley Palmer is running for 4th District State Representative against Republican Marty Read in the Nov. 6 general election. She was born and still resides in Fort Scott...

Editor's Note: This is part of a series of candidate profiles based on answers to a questionnaire sent out by the Tribune. ----- Republican Marty Read, who is running against Democrat Shirley Palmer for the District 4 state House seat was born in Fort Scott and grew up in LaCygne. He currently resides in rural Mound City...

A local car dealership has stepped up to help a local animal shelter hopefully find good homes for some furry friends. The Shepherd Team Auto Plaza has teamed up with the Lee's Paws and Claws Animal Shelter located at 721 240th St., to help the local community by covering the cost all of the adoption fees for dogs and cats housed at the shelter once a month starting this Saturday...

Had Chanute managed to complete its rally and win Thursday night's game at Frary Field, it would have been one of the strangest tales in the history of Fort Scott High School football. Despite dropped passes, overthrows, a series of strange official's calls and a series of plays in which they went backward 15 yards, the visiting Blue Comets managed to get a field goal by A.J. LaRocca to get within a touchdown, recover the ensuing onside kick and give itself a chance...