Stories from Monday, September 15, 2008

PLEASANTON -- Pleasanton's football squad improved to 2-0 on the season with a 36-8 win over Ash Grove, Mo., in the Blu-Jays' home opener here Friday night. The Jays had 367 yards of total offense while holding the Pirates to 139, including just 72 yards on the ground on 29 carries...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's freshmen volleyball team lost all four matches it played in a tournament here Saturday. Parsons took a 26-16, 26-24 win in the first match. Shelby Middleton and Emily Matkin served seven points each for the Tigers. Carl Junction, Mo., then posted a 25-14, 25-23 sweep. Matkin served six points while Taylor Grant served five. Heather Karleskint had two blocks...

ERIE -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team posted a sweep at a quadrangular here Saturday. The Tigers, who improved to 5-3 on the season, defeated Southeast-Cherokee and Erie in two games and Southeast Kansas League rival Parsons in three. The scores versus Southeast were 25-17, 25-12. ...

As conditions deteriorated, Fort Scott Community College's football team fared better on a sloppy Frary Field surface in defeating Coffeyville, 15-0, in Jayhawk Conference play Saturday afternoon. The 12th-ranked Greyhounds prefer to line up against their foes and hit them head on, so the rain and mud didn't change their game plan. ...

By Michael Pommier The Fort Scott Tribune As the City of Fort Scott, along with Kissick Construction, closes yet another street for the StreetScape Project, downtown businesses are making adjustments while looking toward the future. The City of Fort Scott recently announced that Wall Street will be closed from National Avenue to Scott Avenue as well as North Main until further notice. ...

More than 400 Westar Energy and contractor employees assist with estoration along hurricane-battered Gulf Coast TOPEKA -- Westar Energy crews again are heading to the Gulf Coast to assist utilities with restoration efforts following devastation to the region's electrical system from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike...

By Jason E. Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune A new educational program being offered by the Fort Scott National Historic Site is designed to benefit area youth and the National Park Service in several ways. The NPS and the Boy Scouts of America organization have teamed up to present the Scout Ranger Program, a two-day program designed to encourage increased visitation to national parks; promote a better understanding of the NPS mission; educate young people about their responsibility in conserving natural and cultural resources; encourage volunteer service; and promote good citizenship, a FSNHS statement said.. ...

By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune Students who have prior knowledge of school violence may be able to help prevent it from happening. According to the Kansas State Highway Patrol, these students can anonymously report the potential violent acts by calling the Kansas School Safety Hotline...