Stories from Saturday, August 4, 2007

When Harry Underwood, Warrensburg, called me last week and suggested we go crappie fishing, I thought the sun and heat of July had gotten to him. "Really," he said, "meet me at the dock and I'll show you." With the temperature hovering around the 90 degree mark, I picked up some crappie fishing gear and headed for the lake near his home. ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- In most sports, the seniors have their final moments on the field in May, after the high-school year ends and state championships are handed out. But in baseball and, in the case of this team, softball, there's another couple of months to enjoy each other's company before heading their separate ways to college...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. -- The Hutchinson Community College athletic department announced last week the resignation of women's basketball head coach Nathan Daume, who is leaving for an opportunity to coach at the NCAA Division I level. Daume is taking an assistant's job at Florida Gulf Coast University, a program that is moving to Division I for the 2007-08 season. The school is located in Fort Myers, Fla...

In a fast-paced world. It's great to have information right at your fingertips. The Fort Scott Tribune Online and the Nevada Daily Mail Online make that possible with the E-Edition, an exact replica of the printed newspaper, found at www.fstribune.com and www.nevadadailymail.com...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Within the next few weeks, nearly 4,000 Bourbon County preschool to college-aged students will leave summer behind as they prepare for the beginning of another school year. An estimated 1,808 USD 234 students in four schools will head to their first day of classes on Aug. 15, district officials said...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- The Mercy Foundation Steering Committee has come together for the 18th consecutive year endeavoring to surpass the community benefits of all previous Capture the Spirit Galas. The Gala which began in 1990, has evolved over time into the largest fund-raising event in both Southwestern Missouri and Southeastern Kansas, Mercy Foundation Gala Steering Committee Chairman Ken Lunt said...

I spent 6 years as a blue jay -- not a feather-bearing flying blue jay but my high school mascot was the Raytown Blue Jays. So perhaps that is why I've always been fond of these blue birds. They're a large bird and I love the crest on top of their heads. They have a reputation for being loud and being bullies but the jays I've encountered in the garden at Linderhof are not bullies...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Jeffrey Biles, son of Bob and Deanna Biles of Little Rock, Ark., has been accepted at Hendrix College in Conway, Ark. He is a recipient of the Elks National Foundation Scholarship, Arkansas Governor's Distinguished Scholarship, Hendrix College Scholarship, Hendrix Academic Scholarship, and the Odyssey Distinction Award. He is a National Merit Scholar and was named one of the top three Eagle Scouts of 2006 in Arkansas by the Sons of the American Revolution...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- A judge on Friday sentenced George A. Woodward to three years and seven months in prison for sexually assaulting a then 14 year-old girl in April 2005. Sixth Judicial District Judge Mark A. Ward sentenced Woodward, 43, to 45 months in an undetermined Kansas Department of Corrections facility. ...