Stories from Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Fort Scott Fire Department investigators are looking into the cause of a blaze in a one-story house in the 300 block of South Lowman Street Monday afternoon. Firefighters responded about 1 p.m. to a report of a structure fire at 309 S. Lowman St. The call came in of a rear deck on fire and a large amount of smoke, according to police scanner reports...

Bourbon County voters re-elected the sheriff and put a new face on the county commission, according to unofficial election results late Tuesday. Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin, a Republican, won nearly 60 percent of the vote, drawing 3,552 total votes to 2,352 total votes for his Democratic challenger, Mike Feagins...

EL DORADO -- Fort Scott Community College's men fell to Division I Butler, 81-66, here Saturday night as the Grizzlies performed better from the 3-point line and on the boards. Butler made 8 of 23 3-pointers while holding the Greyhounds to no makes in 13 attempts from behind the arc. The Grizzlies also won the battle of the boards, 35-22...

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team ran into Coffeyville in the Region VI District M Tournament final here Saturday and fell to the sixth-ranked Red Ravens in three sets. The tounament began with Coffeyville sweeping Hesston, 25-14, 25-18, 25-20. Then No. 17 Fort Scott swept No. 18 Highland, 25-20, 25-22, 25-23...

OVERLAND PARK -- Fort Scott Community College's women won their second and third games of the season here over the weekend as they took part in the Johnson County Classic. Friday, the Greyhounds defeated Dodge City, 74-62. Natalia Ready led Fort Scott with 14 points while Chasity Moore had 13 and Jordyn Danzer had 12...

Fort Scott Community College linebacker Dominic Cizauskas had one of the greatest defensive nights in program history at Frary Field Saturday night -- a history that includes current NFL players Jason Pierre-Paul and Lavonte Davis -- but the effort was not enough to prevent Hutchinson's offense from rolling up 566 yards of total offense as the Blue Dragons won 42-24...

State Fair pulled away in the second half of play at Arnold Arena Tuesday night and went on to defeat Fort Scott Community College's men, 78-56, in a non-league contest. The Greyhounds fell to 1-2 on the season, both losses coming to NJCAA Division I teams, while State Fair improved to 3-0...

Fort Scott Community College's women are 4-0 for the first time since the 2007-08 season following a 59-56 victory over State Fair, Mo., at Arnold Arena Tuesday night. The Greyhounds beat a Division I opponent for the second time this season, also having beaten Dodge City Friday at Johnson County (details page 5B). But while they beat the Conquistadors with some ease, they had to hold off a late rally to beat the Roadrunners (1-2)...