Stories from Friday, November 14, 2014

A piece of Fort Scott's building history came down Thursday. Local property owner Greg Schick, owner of the old Key building located at 520 E. Wall St., and his small crew worked to tear down the long-vacated, dilapidated building. Fort Scott Fire Chief Paul Ballou, Fort Scott Codes Assistant Audra Young and others watched the demolition process safely from Wall Street...

The Uniontown USD 235 Board of Education will be asked to consider a bond issue to pay for future building renovations. During the regular board meeting held Monday, the board heard from contractors regarding the renovations. "We have a roof that leaks and air conditioners that don't work properly," Superintendent Randy Rockhold said...

West Bourbon Elementary School students and staff dance in celebration of being named a National Blue Ribbon school for 2014 by the U.S. Department of Education. Principal Tracy Smith lead the dancing during a celebration held Thursday at the school. See Saturday's Tribune for a complete report on the celebration...

Fort Scott Middle School's girls' basketball teams got their seasons underway last week. Each team has played two games The eighth-grade A and B teams are each 1-1 after winning at Iola on Nov. 6 and losing to Coffeyville-Roosevelt on Nov. 11. The seventh-grade teams were swept at Iola while the A team lost at Coffeyville. The seventh-grade "A" team lost to Iola, 33-18. Tacy Holston led Fort Scott with 10 points. The "B" team fell to Iola, 22-3. Alexis Rusk scored 2 points for the Tigers...

Five members of Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team received All-Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division and All-District honors from league coaches earlier this week. Freshman Julia Stringer, a right-side hitter, was named the Eastern Division Freshman of the Year, the first Greyhound so honored since Kellye (West) Barrows received the award following the 2001 season. ...

The weather outside feels more like January or February right now. Well, inside Arnold Arena Wedensday night, there was a basketball game played in an atmosphere more like a gritty conference game in January of February than a non-conference affair in November...

A game such as this is what the playoffs are all about. In order to be the best, one has to beat the best. And every poll in Kansas has Bishop Miege as its No. 1 team in Class 4A-Division I. And some of them have the Stags (10-0) as one of the best teams in the state no matter what the class...