Stories from Thursday, March 1, 2007

A small stuffed animal will soon share stories from across the United States with a local day care center. Local resident Cathy Widder, who operates Ct's Tiny Tots Home Care in Fort Scott, will soon be the host of "Avery," one of two stuffed teddy bears that travel the country as part of the Teddy Bear Express program. ...

Fort Scott Community College has learned its lesson -- five of them to be exact. During the regular FSCC Board of Trustees meeting on Monday evening, FSCC Dean of Student Services Steve Armstrong outlined five ideas that college officials will focus on and discuss during an Academic Quality Improvement Program meeting next month in Chicago. At that meeting, college administrators across the United States discuss ways to lead their respective institutions into the future...

A tornado on Wednesday swept though rural portions of two counties in Kansas and Missouri, injuring two residents and damaging about 15 homes along with numerous barns and even a power substation. Linn County, Kan., and Bates County, Mo., received the brunt of the powerful supercell storm...

Grace Lorene Endicott, age 77, a resident of Fort Scott, went to sleep in Jesus, early Wednesday, February 28, 2007, at the Guest Home Estates of Fort Scott with her family by her side. She was born January 30, 1930, in Farlenville, the daughter of Wayne Cash and Frances Elizabeth Curry Cash. She was raised in Bourbon County and...

Claudia Jean Blair, age 55, resident of 1718 E. Oak, Fort Scott, died Sunday, February 25, 2007 at Mercy Health Center. She was born August 8, 1951 in Russell. She was married to Thomas Blair. The couple had recently moved from Kansas City to Fort Scott...

TURNER -- Landon Cole Turner, a boy, was born at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott to parents Andrea Norbury and Lucas Turner, Nevada, Missouri. He weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces at birth. He joins one sibling, Morgan...

STOUGHTON -- Aidan Mackenzie Stoughton, a boy, was born at 5:48 p.m. on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at Mercy Health Center to parents Tricia Keippel and Mac Stoughton, Fort Scott. He weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Mona Keippel, Liberal, Missouri and Jack Cravens, Chandler, Arizona. Paternal grandparents are Diana and Fred Stoughton, Fort Scott...