Stories from Friday, March 20, 2015

The city of Fort Scott has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation for a project to make access improvements at the Fort Scott Industrial Park. City Manager Dave Martin told Fort Scott City Commissioners during their Tuesday meeting the grant will fund construction costs for a project to make entrance improvements at the industrial park. The city's portion of the project is $168,990 to pay for design and engineering costs...

The future of Mercy Hospital Fort Scott and local health care has still not been determined as Mercy officials continue to discuss options. The Mercy Hospital Fort Scott Discernment Task Force met Tuesday to hear an update from Mercy Health System leadership regarding progress on solutions including partnership with other hospital systems, a Mercy news release said. ...

PARSONS -- Fort Scott Community College's softball team was swept by Labette here Tuesday in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play by scores of 8-1 and 6-1 The Greyhounds (0-4 East, 9-12 overall) had 7 hits in each game, including 4 doubles in game two. But no 'Hound had more than 1 hit in either game. FSCC plays at Independence Friday and at Cowley Saturday...

Fort Scott High School baseball will be giving away tickets for two trips to see FSHS graduate Adam LaRoche play when the Chicago White Sox visit the Kansas City Royals this season. Tickets will be given away for games on April 8 and 9 and on August 8 and 9. Lodging is included on the night of the first game of each trip. The seats for each pair of games are on the lower level at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo...

Fort Scott Community College baseball's Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader versus Independence scheduled for Thursday at Lions Park will be played today beginning at 1 p.m. Also, the doubleheader between these schools scheduled for Saturday at Independence will be held there at the same time Sunday instead...

Fort Scott High School junior Ashley Cook was the only Tiger chosen for the All-Southeast Kansas League girls' basketball team this season. Cook, a junior, was one of two unanimous choices for the First Team in a vote of league coaches. The other was Labette County freshman Tristan Gegg...

Boys' tennis will be the first spring sport to get its season underway at Fort Scott High School when the Tiger varsity squad travels to Independence on Tuesday. The Tigers have 12 players out this season for head coach Lynn Barr. Eight of them are sophomores and freshmen and both seniors are just second-year players. It's juniors Alex Combs and Rafen Cruise who have the most experience in the program, each being third-year players...

Robert Raymond Brown passed away in his home at the age of 85. Robert was born in Redfield, Kan., in 1930 to George and Delta Brown. He served in the Navy from 1948 to 1952. On May 25, 1952 he married Marilyn, his high school sweetheart and moved to California. ...

Work has started on the next phase of the planned Riverfront Park project. Workers with Amino Brothers Construction Co., Inc., of Kansas City, Kan., recently began removing and clearing trees for the eventual construction of phase two of the Riverfront development project, which will include the loop road through the park and various parking areas inside the park. The entrance to the park road will be on North National Avenue, just south of the Marmaton River Bridge...

The Bourbon County Commissioners expect to have a draft copy of a revised policy for its culvert installation and its permit fees for utility companies by Monday. On Friday the commissioners met with Holly Powers, engineer with Schafer, Kline and Warren, the firm the county has contracted to assist in writing its regulations...