Stories from Wednesday, November 23, 2016

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott Middle School's wrestlers competed in a tournament here Monday night to finish its short first season of competition. Although team scores were not kept, the Tigers had 15 medalists among the 18 competitors to took to the tournament...

Fort Scott Community College's men scored the first six points of their game against Link Year Prep in the final game of the Gladbach Classic at Arnold Arena Saturday night. But the Lions went on a 16-2 run and never trailed again, going on to an 88-80 victory...

For the first time in the program's history, Fort Scott Community College's women's basketball team has started a season by winning its first eight games. The Greyhounds defeated Cottey College, 65-49, to cap both teams' play in the Gladbach Classic at Arnold Arena Saturday to improve to 8-0, bettering the previous-best start of 7-0 by a 1982-83 team that finished 24-9...

Bourbon County Commissioners were asked Tuesday to make a decision on how the salaries of two employees will be paid after Dec. 1. That's when a presidential executive order was expected to go into effect, making some salaried employees eligible for overtime...

A local assistance agency is looking for a new home. Allen Schellack, director of Fort Scott Compassionate Ministries and Outreach Center, formerly My Father's House Community Outreach Center, said he is looking for a new facility as the lease for the current facility located at 1610 E. First St., is ending. The lease is through the Fort Scott Housing Authority, which owns the building...

Fort Scott Middle School basketball results: On Nov. 12, the seventh-grade A team played in a tournament at Frontenac. The Tigers defeated Joplin East, 24-16, as Harmony Shaw scored 10 points. Shaw scored 8 points in Fort Scott's 31-24 loss to Joplin North...

Before construction begins, a project to expand a portion of U.S. Highway 69 south of Fort Scott is in the local court system. According to Bourbon County District Court records, an eminent domain petition regarding condemnation of land and acquisition of real property for state highway purposes was filed in September...

Construction is underway on the new Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center located at 323 E. 20th Street. The guaranteed maximum price for construction has been set at $6.25 million. Other expenses, totaling a little more than $2.6 million, includes land acquisition, jail pods, professional fees and other miscellaneous expenses. ...

Charles A. "Charlie" Conley Sr., age 69, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Monday, Nov. 21, 2106 at the Prescott Country View. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 at the Sacred Heart Church in Mound City, Kan. ...