Stories from Monday, August 28, 2006

MOUND CITY -- A Mound City woman is in critical condition after her husband shot her four times early Saturday here before turning the gun on himself. Shortly after 1:30 a.m., Mound City Police officers arrived at an address in the 300 block of north Third Street and found Carol Parnell, a woman in her mid-40s, shot in the torso and upper chest by her husband, David Parnell, Mound City Police officer Claude Warren said...

Seventeen years ago, 280 people attended the Capture the Spirit Gala at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. Since then, the number of attendees has continued to grow. On Saturday, the annual hospital fund raiser reached a new attendance milestone, exceeding even that of last year's event, which set a 16-year attendance record...

Esther Maxine Peel, age 81, of Fort Scott, died Friday, August 25, 2006 at the Medicalodge Nursing Home. She was born June 1, 1925 in Hiattville, Kansas, the daughter of Alfred Roy and Bessie Eisenbrandt Ater. Maxine graduated from Uniontown High School. ...

GREEN -- Morrisa LaDon Green, a girl, was born at 2:27 a.m. on Saturday, August 26, 2006 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to parents Damon and Katy Green, of Rich Hill, Mo. She weighed 7 pounds, 13.4 ounces at birth. She joins one sibling, Aiden. Maternal grandparents are Phil and Donna Morrison, Rich Hill, Mo. Paternal grandparents are Blane and Gail Green, Appleton City, Mo...

COUCH -- Bailey Ann Couch, a girl, was born at 11:53 a.m. on Friday, August 25, 2006 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to parents Gregg and Kim Couch, Bronaugh, Mo. She weighed 7 pounds, 1.5 ounces at birth. She joins one sibling, Mason Couch. Maternal grandparents are Bob and Brenda Coffman, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are David and Connie Couch, Bronaugh, Mo...