Stories from Saturday, August 27, 2016

With the asphalt season winding down, on Tuesday, Bourbon County commissioners learned the county might not have enough funds to complete work on 190th and 195th streets at Lake Fort Scott. Public Works Director Jim Harris reported one road is nearly ready for asphalt, but he is unsure if the county has enough money to do the overlay until 2017...

Tammy Helm/Tribune photo The Pioneer Harvest Fiesta quilt show is open through 3 p.m. Sunday at the Meyers Building on the Bourbon County Fairgrounds. A Pioneer Harvest Fiesta quilt will be given away Sunday. The quilt, made by Jackie Warren and Judy Wilson features T-shirts from each year of the Fiesta and will also include Pioneer Harvest Fiesta buttons from each year. ...

PARSONS --Fort Scott High School's varsity tennis team saw live competition for the first time this season in a tournament here Thursday that was halted prematurely by thunderstorms. "We needed to see some live competition to measure where we are," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...

Fort Scott High School's football team held its annual Red & White Scrimmage at Frary Field Friday night. The score wasn't kept but when evaluating this year's group, it looks as though the squad will get quite a bit of depth from its 40-man roster...