Stories from Thursday, November 1, 2012

Editor's Note: This is part of a series of candidate profiles based on answers to a questionnaire sent out by the Tribune. ---- Democrat Susan Quick is the incumbent for Bourbon County Treasurer, running against Republican Rhonda Dunn in the Nov. 6 general election...

A variety of local restaurants and caterers will show off their menus Friday at one of the biggest and perhaps the tastiest fundraiser of the year for the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce. The ninth annual Taste of Fort Scott event, Forks and Corks, is scheduled to take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Liberty Theatre, 113 S. Main St...

A small but talented cast brings an American classic to life tonight as Fort Scott Community College presents its stage production of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" at the Ellis Fine Arts Building. The performance, which begins at 7:30 p.m. will be the first of three, with additional performances on Friday and Saturday nights...

Freshmen will form the bulk of the 2012-13 Fort Scott Community College men's basketball team. But they'll be able to draw from the experience of three sophomores who have played for fifth-year head coach Michael Cook. Two of them, Austin Danner and 2011 Fort Scott High School graduate Pierce Rienbolt, return from last season's 2-29 team that played the last third of the season with just seven players -- Rienbolt being one of two who walked on in January after the roster was down to five...