Stories from Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Adam Foster, Westin, Mo., left, along with Tony and Brad Rush of Joplin, Mo., practice before the Gunn Park Disc Golf Ice Bowl held Saturday morning -- a day before ice or snow fell. Gunn Park Disc Golf Club hosted the fundraiser for The Beacon and The Sharing Bucket, two local agencies...

A concern about the amount of time it takes for cases to come to fruition at the Bourbon County Attorney's Office was expressed during Friday's county commission meeting. But Interim County Attorney Justin Meeks said the issue should be resolved soon...

Fort Scott Community College is developing a plan designed with safety of students, faculty and staff in mind. Dale Cathey, EMS instructor/coordinator at FSCC and chairman of the college's Crisis Management Committee, attended the FSCC Board of Trustees regular monthly meeting Monday to update trustees on the continued development of the college's Emergency Action Plan...

Jason E. Silvers/Tribune photo Alan Ornstein and his son, Tavian Ornstein, 3, of Fort Scott, trudge up for another go-around down the hill at Third Street Park Monday. Ornstein and his sons Tavian and 7-year-old Terrian took advantage of the inservice day for USD 234 and snow that fell overnight Sunday by sledding at the park...

Fort Scott Middle School's seventh-grade boys' basketball teams have turned in results from the past two weeks of play. On January 29, the Tigers went to Parsons. The "B" team opened the day with a 22-16 victory, holding off a Viking rally. In an unusual stat, neither team scored in the second quarter but the Tigers led 20-6 after three. Bryce King-Black led FSMS with 8 points...

BURLINGTON -- The junior-varsity portion of Fort Scott High School's wrestling season concluded here Saturday with a tournament. Seven Tigers appeared in the tourney. Mannie Gonzales won the 113-pound weight class (listed on the forms from Burlington as "Bracket #1). He pinned all four of his opponent who where, in order, Tegan Dillon of Topeka-Seaman, Tammer Murphy of Topeka-Seaman, Dody Huggins of Prairie View, and Huntyr Schwegman of Chanute...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team opened its season with three wins in four games played over the weekend at Jaycee Ballpark here. Friday, the 'Hounds swept Cloud County, winning the first game 5-3 and the second game 7-6. Saturday, North Central Missouri joined in. The Greyhounds beat Cloud County, 10-5, in the first game. Then the Pirates swept their two games, beating Cloud and Fort Scott by identical scores of 4-1...

Muscatine (Iowa) swept Fort Scott Community College's softball team, 5-2 and 12-1, in a doubleheader at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Saturday. Games against Southeast Nebraska scheduled for Sunday were postponed due to cold weather. The 'Hounds (2-2) led 2-1 going into the top of the seventh before Muscatine scored three times...

HIGHLAND -- Anna Deegan and India Johnson scored 19 points each here Saturday as No. 11-ranked Highland drubbed Fort Scott Community College's women, 82-44, in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play. That loss -- Fort Scott's sixth straight -- capped a gambit of three consecutive games versus nationally-ranked teams, which began at No. ...

HIGHLAND -- Trailing by 12 points in a game it needed to win, Fort Scott Community College's men stormed back here Saturday afternoon to beat Highland, 61-56, in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division battle. More importantly, the Greyhounds salvaged a season split with the Scotties, which will help in tie-breakers for Region VI-Division II post-season play. ...