Stories from Wednesday, March 26, 2014

.Fort Scott Community College's recent woes continued Tuesday afternoon when the Greyhounds were swept by Southeast, Neb., in a non-conference doubleheader at Lions Field by scores of 6-3 and 12-5. This doubleheader was a make-up of a doubleheader that was to be played at Pittsburg in early February. ...

Patrick R. Jackson, age 65, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, March 23, 2014, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. He was born Jan. 10, 1949, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of Peter F. Jackson and Geraldine Eva McCormick Jackson. ...

Members of the Historic Preservation Association of Bourbon County received a brief glimpse of Fort Scott's railroad history Saturday. About a dozen HPA members met for a "flashlight tour" walk-through of the historic MK&T freight depot currently located near the corner of Wall Street and Scott Avenue. Tour-goers brought flashlights to peek around inside the dimly lit structure...

Proposed Kansas Senate Bill 434 (SB 434), the SUCCESS Act, was a major topic of discussion during Monday night's Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees regular meeting. A legislative committee is now reviewing the bill submitted earlier this month. ...