Stories from Monday, December 31, 2007

January On Jan. 2 a local construction company, due to safety concerns, temporarily fixed a portion of the burned-out Nelson Block Building, one of the oldest buildings in downtown Fort Scott, that had been leaning outward and was considered a danger to the public...

Graveside services for Albert O. Hall, 80, Eudora, KS will be held 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at the Eudora Cemetery. He died Friday, December 28, 2007 at the Medicalodge (formerly Eudora Nursing Center) in Eudora, KS. He was born December 27, 1927 in Hiattville, Kansas the son of William and Elsie Harper Hall...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) In police court at Fulton, Dr. Elliott, one of the best known provincial physicians in the county, was adjudged guilty of committing a nuisance by throwing tin cans, etc. in the streets of Fulton. He was fined $10 by the judge of the Fulton police court. ...

All banks, city, county and federal offices in Fort Scott will be closed Tuesday, Jan. 1 in observance of New Year's Day holiday. All city of Fort Scott offices will be closed but reopen at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2. The Bourbon County Courthouse and the county transfer station will be closed, as well. It will reopen at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2...