Stories from Monday, December 4, 2006

Fort Scott Police and Fire departments sometimes have to evacuate people from a dangerous structure to ensure their safety. However on Friday, they had to evacuate their own headquarters. Officials on Friday morning abandoned the Hawkins Public Safety Building at 1604 S. National Ave. after they discovered a portion of the facility damaged, apparently by a huge accumulation of snow...

Santa Claus isn't the only one who will be working on Christmas Eve, according to a statement from the United States Postal Service. The U.S. Postal Service will deliver Express Mail on Dec. 24 and 25, helping families and customers across the country keep the "happy" in the holidays. ...

Ethel Nadine Hillsman, age 90, died Saturday, December 2, 2006 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. She was born February 12, 1916 in Beaman, Missouri the daughter of Charles Lewis and Stella Mae (Greer) Cranfield. Ethel attended elementary school as well at her freshman and sophomore years, in Tabervilie, then her junior year in El Dorado Springs before completing her senior year at Schell City High School. ...

Patricia Brandon, age 67, of Harrisonville, Missouri, passed away Thursday morning, November 30, 2006 at the Camden Health Center in Harrisonville. She was born on July 15, 1939 in Fort Scott, the daughter of Emil William and Virginia Ernestine Moyer Young...

BOGATAY -- Lendra Dawn Bogatay, a girl, was born on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006, at Allen County Hospital, Iola, to parents, Natasha and Matthew Bogatay, Fort Scott. She weighed 4 pounds, 3 ounces and was 17 inches long at birth. She joins one sister, Madison Bogatay, age 4. Maternal grandparents are Annette Logan, Garnett and David Logan, Ottawa. Paternal grandparents are Jane and Steve Bogatay, Wellsville. Great-grandparents are Helen Bogatay, Leonard Cowlishaw, and Beverly King...

DOHERTY -- Elijah Cole Austin Doherty, a boy, was born to Chrystaleah and Shane Doherty, Fort Scott, at 10:33 a.m. on Nov. 28, 2006, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Bob and Shirley Spaulding, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Don and Roxie Doherty and Deb and Kevin Womelsdorf, Fort Scott...

COPPERAS COVE, Texas -- The clock struck midnight on the Cinderella season of Fort Scott Community College's football team here Saturday afternoon as the Greyhounds suffered a 19-7 loss to 17th-ranked Kilgore (Texas) in the C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl at Bulldawg Stadium...

100 YEARS AGO (1906) Some person stole two red lanterns from Sheriff Roodhouse's new residence property on South Judson Street last night. The officers happen to know who committed this petty offense and say there will be warrants issued unless they are returned tonight...

Maxine Marie Kurtz, age 90, of Fort Scott, passed away early Friday morning, December 1, 2006. She was born January 19, 1916 in Uniontown, Ks. the daughter of Morton and Ida Ethyl Maxwell Embry. She married Howard Kurtz on March 2, 1939 in Fort Scott, he preceded her in death on March 26, 1973.