Stories from Thursday, March 12, 2009

Fort Scott Community College's baseball team won't be playing at Coffeyville today after all. Instead, the Greyhounds will play host to Kansas City Kansas in a 1 p.m. doubleheader at Lions Field. That twinbill was originally scheduled for Thursday but was postponed due to the cold weather...

Fort Scott Community College's softball team split a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader with Highland at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Thursday afternoon. Highland won the first game 7-3 in eight innings while the Greyhounds took game two by a 6-3 score...

Area residents who want to help keep people in Bourbon County safe during severe weather will soon have an opportunity to become a trained storm spotter. At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, the National Weather Service in Springfield will conduct a Skywarn Storm Spotter Class in the cafeteria of the Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. Horton...

After remaining relatively quiet since the filing deadline, Fort Scott City Commission candidates will soon begin their campaigns. With the general election less than one month away, there have not yet been signs in local yards or any visible evidence of campaigning for the three city commission spots...

Students at Winfield Scott Elementary School have been jumping their way to better health. On Feb. 20, Winfield Scott physical education teacher Chris Sather's students listened intently at she explained the procedure for a new jump rope she had with her in class. ...

Hundreds of collegiate cowboys and cowgirls will put their skills to the test this weekend in a rodeo competition at Arnold Arena on the Fort Scott Community College campus. Starting Friday, about 600 participants from 25 different schools in Kansas and Oklahoma will compete in the three-day Fort Scott Community College Spring Rodeo, one of 10 events scheduled during the regular National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) season. ...