Stories from Wednesday, December 13, 2006

The Christmas season is commonly referred to as the "season of giving," and Fort Scott High School is doing their part in giving to a good cause. Thanks to generous donations from FSHS students, faculty and staff, along with the school's annual poinsettia fund raiser, FSHS presented The Beacon, a local community assistance agency, with a $3,000 check Tuesday at the school...

A family visitation is planned from 12-2 p.m. Friday, Dec 15, at the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home, 15 W. Wall, Fort Scott, Kansas, with Masonic services at 1:40 p.m. Burial services will be conducted at the Fort Scott National Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. with Military honors being conducted by the Olson-Frary-Burkhart VFW Post 1165. ...

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KIBLER -- Donathan Alan Kibler, a boy, was born at 1:57 a.m. on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at Mercy Health Center to parents Sasha Lorenz and Brett Kibler, Fort Scott. He weighed 9 pounds, 6 ounces at birth. Paternal grandparents are Mary and Marion Eastwood, Fulton. Maternal great-grandparents are Kathy and Wesley Miles, Fort Scott. Patsy Ferrell, Fort Scott...

Defense was the name of the game as Fort Scott High's boys took a 45-34 win over Nevada at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. Both teams shot under 40 percent for the night and Nevada actually had less than one field-goal attempt per minute in the course of the game. Fort Scott shot just 33 percent, making 15 of 46 attempts, while Nevada finished at 39 percent on 14 of 36...