Stories from Friday, October 5, 2018

Bourbon County Commissioners are scurrying to find a replacement ambulance service after Mercy Hospital Fort Scott announced Monday it will close on Dec. 31. On Wednesday, commissioners held a special meeting to discuss the direction they wish to take...

PITTSBURG – The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK) – a non-profit primary care system serving the nine counties of the most economically disadvantaged and least healthy region of Kansas – announced it will assume ownership of the Mercy clinics in Fort Scott, Pleasanton and Arma beginning Jan. 1...

Fort Scott City Commissioners on Tuesday approved an employment agreement with City Manager Dave Martin that includes a pay increase and contract extension. Following a 15-minute executive session to discuss non-elected personnel with City Attorney Bob Farmer, commissioners discussed Martin’s annual evaluation and new contract, which will bring his annual salary from $104,332 in 2017 to $107,462. ...

Roger Mosley, recipient of the 2018 Choice of Weapons Award, answers a question from an audience member during “A Conversation with Roger Mosley,” a discussion that took place Friday morning in the FSCC Ellis Fine Arts Center theatre. The Gordon Parks Celebration continues today and concludes with a dinner honoring Mosely at 6 p.m. at Liberty Theatre.

ARMA — Northeast lost to each of the teams that would be tied for the lead in the Three Rivers League volleyball race here Tuesday night. The Vikings lost to Oswego, 25-16, 25-21 and Southeast, 25-12, 25-23. Northeast is in 11th place in the TRL with a 2-7 league record...

CHETOPA — Uniontown dropped a pair of Three Rivers League matches here Tuesday. The Eagles lost to Chetopa, 25-7, 25-17, and Marmaton Valley, 26-24, 25-20. No details were provided. Uniontown fell to 3-6 in the league and 10-14 overall with the losses, tied for ninth with St. Paul. Third-place Chetopa improved to 7-2, 27-4 while Marmaton Valley stands at 4-5, 12-17...

PAOLA — Fort Scott High’s soccer team fell to 2-10 on the season with a 9-2 loss to Paola in a non-league match here Tuesday. It was the sixth consecutive loss for the Tigers. Fort Scott plays a Southeast Kansas League match at Independence Monday and hosts a non-league contest versus Columbus at 4:30 Tuesday at Ellis Park...

PRAIRIE VILLAGE — The Bishop Miege Class 4A Regional Tennis Tournament, with Fort Scott taking part, has been moved from Saturday to Sunday due to anticipated bad weather on Saturday. The Regional is being held at the Harmon Park Tennis Complex in Prairie Village, located at 7727 Delmar, about 3 1/2 miles east of I-35. Play should begin about 10 a.m...

Two Fort Scott High School golfers earned another honor this morning when the SE-KAN All-Area Girls’ Golf team was announced. SE-KAN was created before the Southeast Kansas League or the CNC had enough teams to make the sport league-sanctioned. The Three Rivers League and the Tri Valley League still do not sponsor the sport and SE-KAN gives recognition to those players who otherwise are unable to receive an All-League honor...

Fort Scott Community College’s volleyball team came out of the locker room with intensity when they faced the No. 1-ranked team in NJCAA Division II, Johnson County, at Arnold Arena Wednesday night. But the Cavaliers rallied in the first set, fought off Fort Scott’s rally in the second and controlled the third set to win 27-25, 29-27, 25-16...

CHANUTE — Fort Scott High clinched the Southeast Kansas League football championship for the first time since 2012 with a 22-10 win over Chanute here Friday night. Fort Scott has won 19 SEK titles, third behind two teams that currently are playing as independents — Pittsburg with 33 and Parsons with 22. The Tigers are the third different team to win the SEK since Pittsburg went the independent route following the 2015 season...

Editor's Note: Information for this article was not available before the Tribune's Friday-night deadline. The print version will appear Wednesday ---- PLEASANTON — Uniontown gave Pleasanton a challenge in the second half here Friday night but the homestanding Blu-Jays were able to prevail and clinch the Three Rivers League 11-man football championship with a 26-20 victory. This was also the opening round of Class 1A-District 1 play...