Stories from Monday, August 3, 2009

The "Cash for Clunkers" program ran out of gas after just a week on the road. It was, however, a good few days for area automobile dealers. Three area dealers have all had a run on their inventories that has left them almost without any vehicles to sell...

The Kansas Board of Regents and the Kansas State Department of Education announced Thursday that they will enter into a Memorandum of Understanding that will enable the agencies to share education data to track student achievement and evaluate education programs...

A second case of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza A virus has been confirmed in Bourbon County. According to the Bourbon County Emergency Management Office, a second case of the virus, commonly referred to as swine flu, was confirmed on Thursday. The new case was diagnosed in a child living in Bourbon County, and is not related to the first local case of the virus, which was diagnosed late last week in a Bourbon County adult, Bourbon County Public Health Nurse Alice Maffett said...

Painters restoring historic murals at Liberty Theatre

The flock is making a return flight to Fort Scott this month. "Just like the swallows returning to Capistrano and the buzzards returning to Hinkley, Ohio, the flamingos are returning to Fort Scott," a statement from the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Tourism Division said. "It's true, you may be driving down one of our city streets and there they are; flocked on someone's lawn. Don't be alarmed. It's just the Tourism Committee turning the 'dog days' of summer into a 'Flamingo Frenzy.'"...

Bourbon County residents approached the Bourbon County Commission in support of the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America at Monday morning's meeting. Local residents Jack and Jess Black addressed the commissioners with a few requests. They asked the commission to write a letter in support of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1615 and to pass a resolution to "protect and defend the citizens of Bourbon County from martial law and tyranny ..."...