Stories from Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Today Pope Francis, 76, will be installed as head of the Catholic Church, and with him comes many firsts and a new perspective. Pope Francis is the first pope to come from South America where about 40 percent of the world's Roman Catholics live, the first Jesuit to become a pope and the first pope to take the name Francis...

Fort Scott Police Department officers aim to be as prepared as they can be should they ever be faced with a large-scale emergency such as a school shooting. On Monday, while students are on spring break, the FSPD began a series of training sessions in two USD 234 schools. The sessions are designed to help officers learn to handle emergencies such as an intruder or active shooter in a local school...

Bourbon County Commissioners agreed during their regular Monday meeting to take a more proactive approach in spotting where road repairs are most needed. The county already maintains a website where people may report potholes and other road work that needs to be done, but commissioners agreed that some areas are slipping through the cracks. ...

One local business gave back to the community Saturday night, bringing the Rankin Brothers Classic Music Revue to Memorial Hall. The stars' of the Revue impersonations included Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly. About 1,300 people attended the free concert, which took place as part of the Cheney Witt Funeral Chapel's 150th anniversary celebration...

Troy Wehar, 40, of Hume, Mo. died Friday, March 15, 2013 at his home. Services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 18, 2013 at the Hume Christian Church. Visitation was from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 17 at the church. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Addisyn Wehar Fund c/o the funeral home. Interment was in the Hume Cemetery, Hume, Mo...

Alfred Leon Morrow, age 86, a resident of Fort Scott, died Saturday, March 16, 2013, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. He was born October 13, 1926, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Hiram Morrow and Freda Kruger Morrow. Alfred married Betty Lee Atha on June 5, 1992, at Chanute, Kan. She preceded him in death on Nov. 5, 2009. He was a longtime member of the Grace Baptist Tabernacle and had been employed as the church custodian for many years...

Inexperience and injury in the pitching department hurt Fort Scott Community College Saturday as visiting Dodge City swept the Greyhounds 10-1 and 26-2 in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader. Starting pitcher Hailey Foster has been pitching with a brace to protect a torn labrum on her non-pitching (left) side, head coach Kristin Schalk told the Tribune Monday afternoon. ...

A 30-win season with a winning record would be enough for most programs to point to as a positive. And while that was true of last year's Fort Scott Community College baseball team, the coaching staff is hoping to build on that and, more importantly, turn things around in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division...

Alex Copeland's 3-run home run in the ninth inning of Saturday's opener gave Fort Scott Community College a come-from-behind 8-7 victory in the opener of a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader with Johnson County at Lions Field. Aaron Mason's pitching was a large part of the Greyhounds' 4-0 win in the second game to give them a sweep...

Usually, if you go out, the saying goes that you want to "Go out with a bang." Fort Scott Community College went out of the second game of Monday's doubleheaders with a series of soft "plunks" but it gave them a come-from-behind victory over Johnson County, salvaging a split for the day and a series win...