Stories from Thursday, February 4, 2010

A Fort Scott High School graduate is reaching success in the business world. Brian Carpenter, a 1990 graduate of FSHS, and his wife, Amy, are the owners of I3 Technology Group, a Joplin-based company. The business recently received the 2010 Rising Star of Entrepreneurship award from the Missouri Small Business and Technology Development Centers on Jan. 26 in Jefferson City, Mo...

In just another month or so, it will be time to start conducting prescribed burns on cool-season pastures. Temperatures have been mild in southeast Kansas, and soils have good moisture. This could cause some of the cool- season pastures starting to green up earlier than normal...

Adrian J. Polansky, state executive director for USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Kansas recently announced that FSA provided $147,683,765 in direct and guaranteed loans to 1,288 family farmers in Kansas during Fiscal Year 2009. This has been a record setting year for number of loans made and dollars loaned, said Polansky. Some of this year's funding was made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to stimulate rural economies...

The Bourbon County Conservation District administers a state cost share program designed to conserve soil, and protect water resources. The district is conducting a sign-up for cost share funds beginning Feb. 1, 2010 continuing through March 31, 2010. These funds will be available for use after July 1, 2010...

The Walk Kansas program will be starting in a few weeks, which means spring must be just around the corner! In the meantime, winter weather has made it difficult to be outside for the physical activity we all need. Hectic schedules also make it hard to find time to get those recommended 30 minutes a day of activity...

One of television's most popular a cappella quartets will take the stage this weekend through the Pittsburg State University Performing Arts and Lecture Series (PALS). The Blanks, also known as "Ted's Band" from the television show "Scrubs," will perform at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6, at Pittsburg's Memorial Auditorium...

Mary Jo and Robbie Clements, Willard, Mo., visited with her parents, Tony and Buena Karleskint, the weekend of Jan. 16. Saturday, Jan. 16, Susan White celebrated her birthday with all of her children and family at Chicken Mary's. Those joining her were: Rachelle Thurston and girls, Mike and Marsha Dark and children, Alicia Craig, David Goff, Debbie Gentry, Leroy White, Brooke Newel, Bob and Linda McBride, Joe and Shirley White...

Uniontown Junior High School Third Quarter Honor Roll All A's Hannah Fry, Kylie Gier, Sloane Gregory, Benjamin Labbe, Michaela Nietfeld, Aleah Sutterby, Amber Bartlett, Chase Gleason, Torrie Hathaway, Jordan Mason, Morgan Needham, Isaac Sympson. Uniontown...

Pleasant John Pruitt, 88, retired pharmacist, loving father and grandfather, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. There was a rosary at 6 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 31 with Funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 1, both at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic CHurch, 1321 Stratford Lane Wichita, Kan., 667206...

SPAULDING-KRUGER -- Jordan Kruger and KC Spaulding, Fort Scott, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Cali Alexis Spaulding-Kruger. Cali was born at 12:48 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She weighed 5 pounds, 13 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches in length at birth...

It's as if a CD was skipping over and over and over again. Fort Scott Community College's women had the same problems against Coffeyville at Arnold Arena Wednesday night as they'd had during the five-game losing streak they'd snapped last Saturday when they defeated Kansas City Kansas...

Fort Scott Community College's men were one possession away from an upset of Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division-leading Coffeyville at Arnold Arena Wednesday night. But the Red Ravens made a defensive stand with under five seconds left to escape with a 67-66 victory...

Members of the USD 234 Board of Education met Monday for their regular monthly meeting. During the meeting, the Fort Scott Chapter of the Kansas National Education Association negotiations team made a short presentation to the board, which also acknowledged the receipt of negotiations lists from the board and FS-KNEA for the 2010-11 school year...

20 accused; 17 arrests made in 7 area towns

According to the Neosho County Sheriff's Office, Daniel Miller turned himself in about 2 p.m. Thursday. Miller, 22, of Fort Scott, was charged with one count of conspiracy to manufacture a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and one count of the use of a communication facility to facilitate the manufacture of a controlled substance. Bond was set at $50,000...