Stories from Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Due to the winter weather that made its way into the area late last week, Bourbon County Red Cross Chapter Manager Patty Gorman was fully expecting to open up several shelter houses throughout the county for those residents who lost heat and electricity...

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce plans to officially welcome eight new members of the business community to the area later this week. FSACC officials have scheduled the event to begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the home of local residents Ken and Charlotte Lunt, 512 S. Judson St. The welcome reception is open only to current chamber members and guests, FSACC Welcoming Committee Chairwoman Martha Scott said Monday...

Beulah Mae Sipe, age 90, longtime resident of Devon, more recently of Fort Scott, died Sunday, January 14, 2007. She was born May 12, 1916, in Elgin, the daughter of Charles Mumbower and Bertie Macher Mumbower. She married Frank Sipe in 1936 in Nevada, Missouri. ...

SWEAT -- Donovan Michael Sweat, a boy, was born at 6:40 a.m. on Sunday, January 14, 2007 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott to parents Toni Thornton and Michael Sweat, Pleasanton. He weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces at birth. He joins siblings Zander Thornton, Zach Sweat, Jackie Sweat and Chloie Miles. Maternal grandparents are Tina Hartman, Noel, Missouri and Ray Thornton, Union Springs, Alabama. Paternal grandparents are Jackie Sweat and...

MARTINEZ -- Andrew Jason Martinez, a boy, was born at 12:11 p.m. on Monday, January 15, 2007 at Mercy Health Center, to parents Lacy Simrell and Jason Martinez, Fort Scott. He weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces at birth. He joins one sibling, Leiya Martinez. Maternal grandparents are Dana Simrell and David Simrell, both of Fort Scott. Paternal grandmother is Valerie Martinez, Fort Scott. Paternal great-grandmother is Carolyn Canon, Redfield...

A 15-0 run midway through the second half propelled Fort Scott Community College's men to a 77-58 win over Cowley in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division make-up game at Arnold Arena Monday afternoon. Fort Scott, 3-1 in the East and 11-5 overall, led most of the first half but Cowley, 2-2, 8-8, wouldn't let the Greyhounds pull away...

Fort Scott Community College's women lost its second straight game in the final moments, falling to Cowley, 76-75, at Arnold Arena Monday afternoon in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division make-up game. The Greyhounds, 3-2 in the east and 11-6 overall, fell at Independence Wednesday night, 66-60, as the Pirates used a 19-0 second-half run and a late steal to get the win...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) The man who says that the peach crop for this year has been destroyed has put in his appearance already. He insists that the warm weather of the past two weeks and the cold rain and freeze last night put the peach crop out of prospect and probably destroyed other fruit. ...

Keep food safe during a power outage

Arcadia city election Jan. 23, two council seats open

Area high school basketball and wrestling standings