Stories from Tuesday, January 27, 2009

By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune In observance of National Mentoring Month and Thank Your Mentor Day, members of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Bourbon County presented information about the organization to area residents on Thursday morning at the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Coffee, which was conducted at the Fort Scott Middle School...

The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A winter storm glazed parts of southern Missouri and Kansas with ice and sleet on Monday, prompting warnings to drivers to use extreme caution in conditions blamed for at least two deaths. Forecasters said the mix of sleet and freezing drizzle that begin hitting the region late Monday afternoon was part of a system that also brought snow further to the north in both states and to the west in Kansas...

By Michael Pommier The Fort Scott Tribune Bourbon County residents as well as two Kansas legislators gathered at Uniontown High School for the 63rd annual meeting of the Bourbon County Conservation District and the presentation of county's conservation awards...

By Michael Pommier The Fort Scott Tribune Icy weather did not stop some citizens as they attended Monday night's U.S. 69 Corridor Study open house. Approximately 50 local residents made the trip to the First Presbyterian Church, 308 S. Crawford, to hear Kyle Anderson of Felsburg, Holt, and Ullevig; and Martin Shukert of RDG Planning and Design, present information about the study. ...

By Justin Messner The Fort Scott Tribune After more than 60 years of operation, Fort Scott is losing a local business currently serving Allen, Bourbon and Linn Counties. It has been officially announced that Crawford Sales Co., a franchised Anheuser-Busch distribution company based out of Olathe, is closing the doors to its Fort Scott branch...

From Tribune Staff and Ap Wire Reports Monday's endorsement of a $302 million proposal to eliminate Kansas' budget deficit by the Ways and Means Committee was met with mixed results Monday. The bill, presented by committee Chairman Jay Emler, R-Lindsborg, proposes an across-the-board funding cut of 3.4 percent. This plan, which passed on an 8-5 vote, would include a major cut to the state's education system...

Just two hours after the deadline, the names of the eight candidates for the Fort Scott City Commission were announced.

Fort Scott High School's Southeast Kansas League basketball doubleheader against Coffeyville, scheduled for Tuesday night, has been rescheduled for Feb. 5. Those boys' and girls' games, along with many others in southeast Kansas, were not played as scheduled Tuesday due to the hazardous travel conditions caused by Monday night's freezing ice that continued into Tuesday...