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Lady Trojans' rally falls short against Fort Scott
(High School Sports ~ 01/14/08)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Carla Twarog tried as best she could but Girard's girls were in too deep of a hole to complete a furious rally and fell to Fort Scott High, 50-39, at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night. Twarog didn't miss a shot in the fourth quarter, scoring 14 of her game-high 18 points in the period, including 10 straight for the Trojans at one point. But Fort Scott (6-4) went into the period with a 42-19 advantage and, fortunately, it held up...
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Three Rivers co-leaders rout Eagle girls
(High School Sports ~ 01/14/08)
Uniontown boys pick up win over Southern Coffey County.
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Fort Scott boys rally, hold off Girard
(High School Sports ~ 01/14/08)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Once Fort Scott High's boys got those nagging turnovers under control, they were able to do everything else they needed in order to come away with a 49-46 victory over Girard at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night. Fort Scott takes a 6-4 record into an unusual mid-season break, winning its third in a row going into an idle week created by the double round-robin Southeast Kansas League schedule, which doesn't leave enough regular-season openings to schedule two tournaments. ...
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Cox, Nelson earn medals at Basehor
(High School Sports ~ 01/14/08)
BASEHOR -- Fort Scott Highwrestlers Blake Cox and Blake Nelson earned medals here this weekend at an always-tough Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Classic. Cox finished sixth in the 140-pound bracket after going 3-3 on the day while Nelson was seventh at 171 after going 4-2...
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Pirates pillage 'Hounds
(College Sports ~ 01/14/08)
Independence's women took advantage of a short-handed Fort Scott Community College team and pulled away after the Greyhounds had managed to overcome their own sluggish start for a 72-47 Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division win at Arnold Arena Saturday...
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'Hounds drop fifth straight
(College Sports ~ 01/14/08)
Sophomore Arsenio Williams scored 34 points and grabbed 14 rebounds at Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon but his effort couldn't prevent Fort Scott Community College's 80-71 loss to Independence in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play. Williams' 34 was the most since Bateko Francisco scored the same number in Fort Scott's 109-96 win over Labette last season. During the past 10 years, only the 39-point night by Tyrell Dyer in January of 2005 against Johnson County was better...
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Note to Web site readers
(High School Sports ~ 01/14/08)
Due to server problems Friday night, the Tribune was unable to send photos to Nevada to include with the summaries of Fort Scott High School basketball that were plublished. Attached to the stories you see on the Web site are the photos which would have appeared with the stories had things gone right...
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Praeger's office saves consumers $15 million in 2007
(Local News ~ 01/14/08)
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger's office helped thousands of Kansas consumers settle disputes with their insurance companies in 2007, recovering nearly $15.1 million in insurance claims for policyholders, a statement from Praeger's office said Friday...
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Women flock to first Spirit of Women event
(Local News ~ 01/14/08)
Parking spaces were hard to find downtown Thursday afternoon and evening as hundreds of women flocked to the Liberty Theatre for Mercy Health Center's first Spirit of Women event of 2008, "A New Year, A New You." In a Monday morning telephone call, Mercy Marketing and Development Director Carla Bryant Farmer said the combined attendance numbers of both performances came to 406 people...
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FSMS honors Albright's achievements
(Local News ~ 01/14/08)
One local administrator has received a very high honor from not only the Kansas Music Educators Association, but also from the students, who attend her school. On Friday afternoon, Fort Scott Middle School Principal Barbara Albright was led into the FSMS gymnasium for a surprise assembly to celebrate her being awarded the state KMEA Honor Administrator of the Year. ...
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Law Enforcement Reports
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/14/08)
Police report Sheriff's report...
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Memories spring eternal ...
(Column ~ 01/14/08)
100 YEARS AGO (1908) Kansas City, Jan. 13--The Union Station annex on Union Avenue adjoining the Union railway station was destroyed by fire early today. Union Station proper, one of Kansas city's landmarks, was saved by firemen after a hard fight. The burned building contained the receiving office of the Adams, Wells Fargo and Pacific Express companies, and a branch mailing room of the post office, offices of the Fred Harvey Eating House Co., Pullman Palace Car Company's linen room, Railway Y.M.C.A. ...
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Program focuses on household records and documents
(Local News ~ 01/14/08)
A public program dealing with managing household records will be offered on Thursday, January 17, 1:30 -- 3 p.m. at the Buck Run Community Center, Fort Scott. Getting Your Household in Order is the title for the program to be presented by Nancy Schuster, Kansas State University Extension Family and Consumer Sciences agent in Anderson County...
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Calendar and Scoreboard
(Community Sports ~ 01/14/08)
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