Stories from Friday, March 15, 2013

Fort Scott Farmers Market vendors plan to have an organizational meeting Saturday to discuss the upcoming market season, which begins in May. The meeting is scheduled to take place from 8 to 10 a.m. at Buck Run Community Center, 735 Scott Ave. The market, which operates from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays at Skubitz Plaza from May through October, is sponsored, organized and conducted by the Fort Scott Farmers' Market Association...

A local man was arrested by Fort Scott Police Department officers for drug activity following a search warrant Wednesday at the suspect's residence. FSPD officers assisted members of the Southeast Kansas Drug Task Force and other regional law enforcement agencies in executing a search warrant just before 8 p.m. after receiving information of illegal drug activity taking place at 1612 E. Oak St., FSPD Capt. Shaun West said...

Just in time for March Madness, 70 Eugene Ware students got an afternoon out of the classroom and onto the hardwoods as they spent Thursday visiting with members of both the Fort Scott Community College men's and women's basketball teams at Arnold Arena on the FSCC campus...

Also: Volleyball letters of intent, Phi Theta Kappa inductees, and an all-star basketball game.