Stories from Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Fort Scott City Commissioners elected Tuesday to show support for City Manager Dave Martin with a pay increase and contract extension. Following a 10-minute executive session to discuss non-elected personnel, commissioners returned to open session during their regular meeting and voted unanimously to increase Martin's salary by $10,000, to $101,290 annually...

The Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday signed a resolution to declare the county a disaster area due to "significantly" damaged roads during a Sept. 15 rainstorm. The declaration had to be made before the county can apply for state or federal funding for road repairs in the southwestern area of the county...

From the trees to produce and flowers, the Farmers Market is saturated with fall colors Tuesday. The market is open from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays through the end of October at Skubitz Plaza.

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott Middle School's volleyball teams won all four matches against Roosevelt Middle School here Monday. The seventh-grade B team started things off with a 25-12, 25-11 sweep, improving to 5-0-1. Lindsey Newman served 6 aces for the Tigers...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School volleyball won just one of five matches at the Pittsburg Invitational here Saturday. The Tigers (5-8) played league matches Tuesday at Independence. Those matches will be summarized in Friday's edition. At Pittsburg, Fort Scott fell in the first round of pool play to Paola, 25-14, 25-20. ...

CHANUTE -- Lauren Madison just missed out on a fourth straight meet with a medal here Monday, settling for a tie for 11th at the Chanute Invitational. Madison shot 46 on the front nine but fell back to a 59 on the back for a total of 105, finishing in a tie with three other golfers...

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team moved up to No. 9 in the latest NJCAA Division II poll released Tuesday afternoon. The Greyhounds moved up one spot this week. They have won their last 10 matches, including a pair this past weekend at Johnson County and at Southeast (Neb.)...

Fort Scott High School's tennis teams have been playing a lot of tennis over the past six days. They hosted their own varsity tournament on Tuesday. More coverage of that will be included in Friday's edition. The varsity also played Thursday and Monday while the junior varsity team played at Parsons on Monday...