Stories from Thursday, March 29, 2007

Note: This is the fifth of six profiles on candidates in the Fort Scott City Commission election to take place April 3. John Keating did not plan to run for city commissioner this year. In fact, he said in an interview on election night in April 2005 that once his term ended, he wouldn't seek another...

After undergoing abdominal surgery early Tuesday, Fort Scott Mayor Gary Billionis is slowly recuperating at a local hospital. According to Billionis' wife, Connie Billionis, her husband underwent abdominal surgery on Tuesday at Mercy Health Center to remove nearly 12 inches of his small intestine. ...

USD 234 Board of Education President Matt Ida's third term on the board will probably be his last, the Extrusions, Inc. president said on Tuesday. Ida, who is running unopposed for re-election during the April 3 general election, said after serving what will be 12 years on the board, it will be time for someone else to have the same opportunity to serve as he did...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Chief Ball has any number of complaints made to him of children refusing to attend school. These matters come directly under the juvenile court and the police have nothing to do with them. They say that whenever a falsehood is told Judge McKinney, he always gives the story teller the worst of it if he gets a chance. Judge McKinney and Eugene Ware are agreed on the belief that the Lord hates a liar and are trying to make life on this earth unpleasant for them...

Fort Scott Community College's baseball team got a brief sip of home cooking Wednesday afternoon as the Greyhounds swept Labette by 5-4 and 11-1 scores in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader at Lions Field. The Greyhounds were only home because FSCC and Labette agreed to switch home dates after Tuesday's rain. Otherwise, these games would have been played at Parsons Tuesday during the middle of what was originally scheduled to be 10 straight doubleheaders on the road...

Fort Scott High's track season gets underway Friday afternoon when both the varsity and the junior varsity travel to Altamont for the Labette County Invitational. Tracey Bogina continues to coach the girls' team while Don Epps steps in to coach the boys...