Stories from Wednesday, February 10, 2010

JoNelle Stumfoll, age 62, a resident of Fort Scott, died unexpectedly Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at the Mercy Health Center Emergency Room. She was born May 9, 1947, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Mindon Lyle and Bobbie B. Barrett Anderson. She was a graduate of Fort Scott High School...

BROWN -- Emily Nicole Brown, Pittsburg, is proud to announce the birth of her daughter, Kristin Loraine Brown. Kristin was born at 4:53 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Beverly Brown, Pittsburg, and Phillip Brown, Mindemines, Mo...

RICHMOND -- Pioneer League leader Central Heights took an overtime decision from Uniontown's girls here Tuesday night, winning by a score of 39-37 in a non-league contest between the former Three Rivers League rivals. "The girls really battled in this one," Uniontown head coach Ken Holt said. "We were down by 5 points with under two minutes to go in regulation and got it to overtime."...

If you really feel that there is an easy mark in the Southeast Kansas League, you might want to remind the last-place Columbus Titans. Why? Because once again, the Titans gave Fort Scott High's boys about as much as they could handle before the Tigers finally began to pull away in the fourth quarter of what ended up a 61-47 league victory at the FSHS gymnasium...

A local Head Start program could benefit from changes in a federal law three years ago. In 2007, the Head Start Act was revised and a new opportunity became available to Head Start programs across the nation, including the Head Start program administered by the Girard-based Southeast Kansas Community Action Program (SEK-CAP) inside the new Fort Scott Preschool Center. ...

The expiration date for filing applications for Emergency Disaster loans by farmers and ranchers in Bourbon County is February 25, Robert E. White, Farm Loan Manager, for the Farm Service Agency. White advised that those needing farm credit as a result of severe storms, flooding, winds, and tornadoes from April 25 to May 16, 2009 and who think they are eligible for FSA assistance, should make their applications at the FSA County Office, 207 S. ...

Kansas Attorney General Steve Six is warning Kansans about a new scam reported in Coffey County. Coffey County Sheriff Randy Rogers reported two people have already been victimized. According to Six's office, the scam starts with a phone call from a male caller either claiming to be a grandson in jail or a bonding company calling on behalf of a grandchild. The caller claims that the relative needs $2,500 to bond out of jail. The caller requests that the money be wired through Western Union...

Senior Jolee Sharp scored 28 points Tuesday night and Fort Scott High School's all-time leading girls' scorer edged closer to becoming the first to reach the 1,000-point mark as the Tigers defeated Columbus in Southeast Kansas League play, 56-28, at the FSHS gymnasium...