Stories from Friday, April 1, 2016

A project that is many months in the making will soon be underway in Fulton. The Fulton Middle and High School is 99 years old. With age comes structural issues; in this case, leaky roofs. The school was built in 1917, partially from an older schoolhouse, which was built in 1882. The school officially closed its doors more than 30 years ago...

OTTAWA -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team split with the Ottawa University junior varsity here Tuesday. The Greyhounds dropped game one by a 9-2 score before salvaging the split with a 16- 4 win. The game-one loss was Fort Scott's first to a JV team since May 4, 2000, when the Greyhounds lost to Pittsburg State's JV 7-6. The 'Hounds had won 68 consecutive games against JV teams...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Fort Scott Community College's softball team split a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader with Kansas City Kansas here Tuesday. The home team won the opener 11-10 while the Greyhounds took the second game, 11-5. Fort Scott had three home runs among its 12 hits in game one. But Kansas City scored 6 in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead, 11-8, with the air of a pair of home runs...

Although work is progressing behind the scenes, a date for when citizens will actually see the beginnings of a $6.8 million new jail has not been determined. Groundbreaking for the jail project now depends on when the county can close the deal on land acquisition...

Fort Scott High's tennis team had two bracket champions in its home tournament Tuesday, leading the Tigers to the team title. Alex Combs won the No. 1 singles bracket while Elijah Wright and Joe Adams paired up to win No. 2 doubles. Both entrants were 2-0 on the day. Those wins scored 6 of the Tigers' 9 team points, which allowed them to beat out Nevada for team honors by 2 points...

Fort Scott High junior Emily Hale became just the second Tiger softball player to hit a home run over the fence at Don Hewett Field when she did so in the second game of Thursday night's doubleheader versus Girard. Hale became the first left-handed batter to clear the fence and joins Kyenne Wade as the only Tigers to hit homers over the fence in a game. Wade did it in a 2014 Fort Scott Tournament game against Baxter Springs...

Organizers said about 200 people attended the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce 2016 Annual Dinner and Awards Celebration Thursday night at the Liberty Theatre. The event included live and silent auctions, dinner and presentation of various awards to several local people and businesses recognized for their service and accomplishments in the community...

elped Fort Scott High's baseball team rally for a split with Girard in a non-league, season-opening doubleheader at Dave Regan Stadium Thursday night. The Tigers stranded 10 runners in a 3-2 loss in the opener. They came back to win game two, 8-5, after trailing 4-0 going into the fifth inning...