Stories from Wednesday, January 7, 2009

The Fort Scott Booster Club will host a youth basketball tournament for boys and girls in grades 4, 5 and 6 January 17 and 18. The entry fee is $100 with a three-game guarantee. The tournament field will be limited to the first eight teams in each grade for boys and girls...

For the first time in many years, no players from Tribune Area football teams -- Fort Scott High, Uniontown, Jayhawk-Linn or Pleasanton -- have been chosen to play in the Kansas Shrine Bowl. The Shrine Bowl is an annual all-star football game for Kansas high school seniors. The proceeds benefit Shriners Hospitals...

ARKANSAS CITY -- Six-foot Bulgarian Elena Yankova's 38-point outing led No. 23 Cowley to a 74-45 win over Fort Scott Community College in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play here Wednesday night. The Greyhounds (0-2 East, 7-7 overall) shot only 33 percent from the field, making 20 of 60 field-goal attempts. They were two of 16 from three-point range and three of 13 at the free-throw line...

NOTE: Corrects location of Friday's freshmen and JV boys' games.

The Fort Scott Tribune Mercy Health System of Kansas, Inc., announced on Wednesday cost containment measures that include staff reductions and modifications to services in an effort to conserve resources and continue the provision of quality healthcare to its communities...