Stories from Thursday, February 11, 2010

Mary J. Campbell, 89, of Columbus, Kan., passed away Feb. 9, 2010 at St John's Medical Center in Joplin, Mo. Mary was born on December 27, 1920 in Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Robert and Mary (Thompson) Campbell. Mary was lifelong resident of Fort Scott where her family owned and operated The Rock Creek Dairy farm...

By reducing redundancy and switching gears, the Sisters of Mercy Health System -- a group of 26 hospitals in four states in middle America -- has challenged traditional thinking and found innovative ways to save $109 million in health care costs and avoid more than 150,000 potential medication errors that could have harmed patients, company officials announced Wednesday...

Snow is a pretty change for about the first week we have it, then I think we all start to get tired of it -- and some may be ready for it to be gone the first day! The amount of time you spend outside and your line of work has a lot to do with our tolerance of the white stuff we have seen quite a bit of this winter...

If you received any USDA payments in 2009 or expect to in 2010, please read the rest of this news release. Some years back, in order to direct USDA program benefits to "real farmers and ranchers" instead of those who were simply investing in agricultural land, some added eligibility requirements were added through the farm programs legislation. Limiting benefits to the larger producers was also an objective of program revisions...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's wrestling team defeated Iola but lost to Pittsburg at a Southeast Kansas League make-up triangular here Tuesday night. The Tigers defeated Iola 48-15 and lost to Pittsburg 54-9. In the other dual, Pittsburg beat Iola 66-10...

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott Community College's basketball teams suffered a sweep at the hands of Independence here Wednesday night in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play. Indy's women took a 90-74 victory while Pirate men took a 67-49 verdict to hand the Greyhounds their 18th consecutive loss...

The final step in completing a loop of 12-inch water lines in downtown Fort Scott will begin Tuesday. The existing water line running from Wall Street to Second Street on National Avenue as well as the water main running from Main Street to National Avenue on First Street will be replaced with work beginning Tuesday with the work being done by city crews...

The USD 234 music department has two activities scheduled to take place within the next couple of weeks. The district's band program will conduct its winter concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the FSHS gymnasium, 1005 S. Main St. The concert will feature fifth grade, sixth grade, seventh and eighth grades, and the FSHS concert band. The concert is free of charge and open to the public...

Fleming a finalist for National Merit Scholarship

Fort Scott High School senior Jolee Sharp has put her name on several all-time FSHS basketball record lists during her career. Friday night at Chanute, it's certain that she will reach the 1,000-point mark for her high-school career. This is a mark that has been reached by only two boys in school history even though boys basketball has been played in one form or another at FSHS for over 100 years while girls basketball only got its start in the mid-1970's...