Stories from Thursday, January 8, 2009

By Jason E. Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune About 30 Mercy Health Center employees in Fort Scott will soon be without jobs after staff and program cuts announced Wednesday by company officials are enacted. Mercy Health System of Kansas, Inc., announced cost containment measures that include staff reductions and modifications to services in an effort to conserve resources and continue the provision of quality healthcare to its communities, a MHSK statement said...

By Michael Pommier The Fort Scott Tribune City and County officials welcomed Kyle Anderson of Felsburg, Holt and Ullevig, an engineering firm from Omaha, Neb., as he presented a scope of the U.S. Highway 69 Corridor Study. Anderson addressed the Bourbon County Commission during a special meeting held Tuesday afternoon at City Hall, then later addressed the Fort Scott City Commission Tuesday night during the regular city commission meeting...

Many interesting events occurred in 2008, and more are sure to come in 2009. As a look back at the past 12 months, the Tribune is presenting a month-by-month review of some of the more noteworthy stories of 2008. The following are just some stories that happened each month during the second half of 2008. Look for an additional review, recapping one of Fort Scott's biggest stories of the year, in an upcoming edition of the Tribune...

ARKANSAS CITY -- Fort Scott Community College's men fell to fifth-ranked Cowley here Wednesday night, 79-56, in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play. Jack Crowder led Cowley (2-0 East, 13-1 overall) with 18 points as he made eight of 11 shots from the field. Jawanza Poland followed with 16 points for the Tigers...

A sweep of the final five weight classes allowed rival Pittsburg to take a 54-24 win in a Southeast Kansas League wrestling dual at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. "A lot of the kids are developing and it's just going to take its time," Fort Scott head coach David Brown said. "Overall, I was pretty pleased with how hard we went after things. I see glimmers of improvement in every one of them."...