Stories from Thursday, October 24, 2013

PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's volleyball team improved to 27-10 here Tuesday night with a sweep of Marmaton Valley and Pleasanton in non-league matches against Three Rivers League rivals. The Eagles will return here Saturday as the No. 1 seed in the Pleasanton Class 2A Sub-State Tournament as the sweep allowed the Eagles to maintain a better winning percentage than second-seeded Colgan (24-10). Even just a split Tuesday would have made Colgan the top seed...

Fort Scott High School will be the No. 2 seed in its own Class 4A-Division I Sub-State Volleyball Tournament, which will be held at the FSHS gymnasium Saturday afternoon. Louisburg (34-2), ranked No. 5 in Class 4A-Division I by the Kansas Volleyball Association, will be the No. 1 seed in the tournament. They will face fourth-seeded Ottawa (17-20), the only team in the Sub-State with a losing record, in the first match of the day at 2 p.m...

Michael Dzbenski has a love for 90's techno music, his favorite musician is Billy Joel, and he loves sharing his passion for music with his students. Dzbenski is one of Fort Scott Community College's newest faculty members. Originally from Bayonne, N.J., Dzbenski has moved around frequently. ...

Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin is bringing some goals with him to his new role. Among the goals that Martin, who was sworn in as the new sheriff in late August, hopes to accomplish during his time as sheriff include the construction of a new jail facility and upgrading the outdated index card system the Bourbon County Sheriff's Department currently uses for its records management system...

At a special meeting on Tuesday evening, Uniontown City Council members hammered out more details of the contract they must sign with Consolidated Rural Water District 2, which supplies the town's water. The contract must be signed to move forward with the water improvement grant the city was awarded earlier this year for a project to replace the city's 50-year-old water system. ...

At Gunn Park in the western part of Fort Scott, leaves are just beginning to turn colors. Peak foliage dates for the southern part of Kansas is Oct. 12-28, according to http://www.farmersalmanac.com/peak-fall-.... Widespread frost is expected in the area by Friday...