Stories from Friday, October 27, 2023

Among updates provided during a Community Connection Panelist event Wednesday were more details surrounding a plan for emergency room services in Bourbon County. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

A candidate for a position on the USD 234 Board of Education withdrew from the race, while other candidates fielded questions from the public during a candidate forum Wednesday night at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center. The event was sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce...

The city of Fort Scott will be looking for a new city manager again. On Wednesday, City Manager Brad Matkin announced his resignation, effective Jan. 3. See the print or online edition of the Tribune for complete story.

The Fort Scott High School Tiger football team’s season came to an end with a 41-14 loss to the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints in a chilly, windy first-round playoff matchup Friday night in Overland Park. The Tigers, a No. 11 seed in the east bracket and battling injuries to some key players, ran into a buzzsaw that was the Saints’ dominant running game, which used a mix of running backs, as well as a defense that performed well against the Tiger run and pass game. ...

The saying “quality over quantity” is especially true for the Uniontown Junior High School cross country runners this season. The junior high duo of Lillyan Robinson, seventh grader, and Beowulf Carpenter, eighth grader, competed in cross country for the first time this season and finished the season with great improvement and results. The pair competed in six meets and earned seven medals (Robinson, four and Carpenter, three.)...

The Fort Scott Community College men’s rodeo team brought home some more hardware at the Cowboy Stampede Monday at Oklahoma State University. The FSCC men’s team has finished in first place in all three of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association events it has competed in this season. ...