Stories from Thursday, April 26, 2007

Editor's Note: This is the second story in a three-part series about the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce. While the local economy is improving, workforce development in Fort Scott is one of the main issues that should be addressed in 2007, Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Gary Emry said in a recent interview...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said on Wednesday that a new farm bill proposal should not include cuts to direct payments or the federal crop insurance program. Roberts made the remarks during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry on the commodities title...

Tornados can occur any time, and that's part of what makes them unpredictable. They can pop up any time of the day, sometimes from seemingly out of nowhere. That's why it's a good idea to be prepared, safety experts say. When a tornado warning is issued for Bourbon County and the tornado sirens are activated, it's recommended that everyone take immediate shelter...

After their lunch on Friday, every Fort Scott High School student is leaving school. But don't worry, it's for good cause. As part of a clean earth celebration they call Ecology Day, FSHS and all 635 of its students will scatter around Fort Scott and parts of Bourbon Count,y picking up any trash they find on the ground...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Judge McKinney says he is glad that he is not police judge any more. He had never held public office before and he wanted to taste it. It left a dark brown taste in his mouth and he determined that two years of public service was sufficient to hold him for a while...

Summary of changes in Fort Scott High School athletic schedules for Thursday

As we progress from planting season on into haying season, more tractors and farm machinery will be on the public road systems through the rest of the summer. Safety and sharing the road is everybody's responsibility as collisions between farm machinery and passenger vehicles on rural highways is a major problem, with some instances resulting in deadly consequences...

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Farm News By Doug Niemeir U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency County Executive Director USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Teresa Lasseter announced earlier this month the release of two new reports online that contain valuable information about the benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)...

Ward Kraft, Inc., a local custom forms and labels manufacturer, recently announced several key promotions within the company, according to a Ward Kraft statement. "We are very excited about the recent promotions," company president Michael Del Chiaro said...

TOPEKA -- This week, television viewers will begin seeing a Kansas Lottery commercial that celebrates the lottery's twentieth anniversary. The visual centerpiece of the commercial is a large custom-decorated cake created by a Kansas woman who specializes in designing confectionary masterpieces...

HUTCHINSON -- Kansas State University freshman Joe Ida, a 2006 graduate of Fort Scott High School, finished tied for 22nd place at the Big 12 Conference Golf Championship at P r a i r i e Dunes here Tuesday. Ida, who had the Wildcats' best score in the tournament, shot 74 in his first two rounds and 79 in the final round for a total of 227, which is 17 strokes over par of 36 holes here...

State officials investigate Klan activities Editor's note: This article is the third in a four-part series by local historian and retired educator Fred Campbell Jr. On Feb. 24, 1923, it was announced that Commissioner Sardius M. Brewster, appointed by the Kansas Supreme Court to hold hearings in various Kansas communities to determine the extent of Ku Klux Klan activity, planned to hold a hearing in Fort Scott. ...