Stories from Friday, August 28, 2015

United Way of Bourbon County has cut its campaign goal by $20,000 for 2015-16 and have made changes in the way the organization is run. Cutting expenses to maximize the money that is given by the community was the goal of the changes, Gina Shelton, treasurer of the United Way board, said...

The court has deemed 27-year-old Kohlby Freeze, jailed on charges connected to a 2004 murder, not mentally competent to stand trial. During a brief competency hearing Monday in Bourbon County District Court, District Chief Judge Amy Harth and attorneys in the case discussed a motion filed May 12 dealing with Freeze's competency and mental state in moving forward with the 11-year-old case. They also discussed a 2014 Kansas statute dealing with commitment of an incompetent defendant...

ARKANSAS CITY -- Host Cowley swept Fort Scott Community College here Wednesday night in a battle of nationally-ranked volleyball teams, 25-18, 25-21, 25-18. The Tigers, ranked No. 3 in the pre-season NJCAA Division II poll, also jumped out to a head start over the No. 20 Greyhounds in the chase for the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division title...

A familiar face will be back on the sideline for Fort Scott High School's soccer team this season. But he'll need a while to get to know his team -- and the players might need some time to get to know each other. Following Thursday night's Red and White Scrimmage at Ellis Park, David Gray, who was head coach of the Tigers from 2006-09 and assisted his son, Kevin, from 2010 to 2012, takes over the team on short notice after Andrew Cline did not come back...

Fort Scott Community College football's expectations this season aren't that high if one wants to believe the prediction for a seventh- place finish in the Jayhawk Conference coaches' pre-season poll. But with the nation's leading rusher returning in sophomore Devin Taylor (6' 1", 195, Soph., Nicholasville, Ky.), who gained 1,524 yards on the ground and scored 12 touchdowns last season, and defense full of NCAA Division I prospects, surpassing last season's 4-7 record and fifth-place finish is a reasonable goal.. ...