Stories from Friday, October 9, 2015

The Fort Scott Fire Department is out spreading its message of fire safety and prevention throughout the month of October. FSFD Chief Paul Ballou attended the Fort Scott City Commission on Tuesday to inform commissioners of the fire department's activities during National Fire Prevention Week and throughout the month...

Coinciding with October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the director of a nearby safe house provided information on their services during the Bourbon County Coalition meeting Wednesday. From July 1 to Sept. 30, there were 230 victims who were provided services for domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking at Safehouse Crisis Center of Pittsburg, Brooke Powell, program director with the center said...

The Three Rivers League Eight-Man football championship could be on the line tonight when Marmaton Valley travels to Uniontown. Both teams are undefeated in league play. Uniontown is 4-0 in the TRL (5-0 overall) with only Pleasanton left to play while Marmaton Valley is 3-0 in the league (3-2 overall) with Pleasanton (1-2, 1-4) coming up next week and a meeting with St. Paul (3-1, 3-2) in the regular-season finale...

Fort Scott High have won back-to-back road games. But Homecoming awaits the Tigers when Independence comes to town tonight for what looks to be a key game in the Southeast Kansas League. Fort Scott is 2-1 in the SEK and 4-1 overall. Independence is 3-1 in the league and also 4-1 overall. Both teams' only loss is a shutout by Pittsburg, which is undefeated and clinched the league title last week when it beat Parsons...

Last week, Fort Scott Community College's football team drove about five hours to play at then-No. 17 Dodge City. This week, the Greyhounds will travel about 35 more minutes to Iowa Falls to take on Ellsworth in one of the games that's part of the Jayhawk Conference's agreement to play the three Iowa football-playing schools...

Fort Scott Community College volleyball swept Kansas City in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division match at Arnold Arena Wednesday night, 25-9, 25-23, 25-13. The Greyhounds improved to 4-2 in the division and stand in fourth place. They have an overall record of 21-7. Two losses over the weekend at the Neosho County Invitational caused them to fall out of the NJCAA Division II National Poll...

Fort Scott High School senior Camiren Defebaugh finished ninth in the Tigers' home tournament at Woodland Hills Golf Course Thursday, which was good enough to put her in ninth place in the final Southeast Kansas Leagye girls' golf standings. Coffeyville's Anna Pool won both the tournament, with a score of 38 over nine hiles, and the league championship. She is the first SEK golfer, male or female, to win four league golf titles...