Stories from Thursday, February 5, 2009

By Jason E. Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune UNIONTOWN -- The renovation of Uniontown City Park will soon continue thanks to a grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce. The City of Uniontown is one of seven rural Kansas communities that will share $500,000 in Small Communities Improvement Program funding from KDOC, officials announced Tuesday...

By Michael Pommier The Fort Scott Tribune Streetscape concerns addressed at Fort Scott's City Commission meeting Tuesday night may actually fall on the city's shoulders. At Tuesday night's City Commission meeting commissioner Jim Adams expressed his concern for the poor quality of work done on the Downtown Streetscape Project, especially the concrete work around the manhole cover at the intersection of 1st Street and Scott Ave. which has begun to crack just three months after completion...

By Justin Messner The Fort Scott Tribune The mayor of McCune, Don Call, turned himself in to authorities Wednesday after a warrant citing three charges was issued by Crawford County Attorney Michael Gayoso. Calls arrest comes three days after he shot and killed two dogs belonging to Duane Whal from his car. According to Crawford County Sheriff's office, Call shot and killed the two animals after receiving reports they chased two young children...

By Michael Pommier The Fort Scott Tribune Local farmer Diana Endicott finished in the top ten in the race to be the first White House Farmer. The voting ceased at midnight, Jan. 31, with Endicott finishing sixth out of 111 total nominations. Endicott was nominated Jan. 27, leaving little time to campaign...

100 YEARS AGO (1909) While in Pleasanton yesterday E. Cory discovered a lot of wholesome sentiment in regard to the Frisco's new order for an extra passenger train between this point and Kansas City. The people of Linn County greatly appreciate what has been done in this particular...

By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune During the year 2008, the Fort Scott Police Department saw a nearly 21-percent drop in overall crime incidents including traffic infractions for the local area. According to statistics provided by FSPD, there were nearly 2,000 less incidents of crime in the local area than there were in 2007...