Stories from Saturday, February 13, 2010

Charles Edward Miller, 80, Milo, Mo., passed away at his home on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, following a lengthy illness. He was born June 3, 1929, in Verona, Mo., to Richard R. Miller and Dorothy B. Gripka Miller. He married Lou Ellen Wilson on Nov. 24, 1962, in Rolla, Mo., and she preceded him in death in 2003...

Waneta McKinnis, 91, of Uniontown, Kan., died Thursday evening, Feb. 11, 2010, at the Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home in Fort Scott, Kan. She was born Feb. 24, 1918, in Uniontown, the daughter of Benjamin Adelbert and Anga Belle (Britton) Rogers. She was a graduate of Uniontown High School. On Dec. 27, 1940, she married Charles Siegle McKinnis. He preceded her in death July 5, 2000...

Lavon H. Clayton Coleman, 88, died Thursday morning, Feb. 11, 2010, at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home. She was born Aug. 13, 1921, in Mapleton, Kan., the daughter of Curtis Leroy and Emma C. (O'Dell) Clayton. She married Howard Coleman Nov. 25, 1939 in Pleasanton, Kan. He preceded her in death Jan. 8, 1986...

Springfield native Jay Kenneth Johnson, better known as the dark and mysterious "Philip Kiriakis" on NBC's daytime hit drama "Days of Our Lives," will appear this spring as the guest of honor for the Lighthouse Children's Theatre's Second Annual Lighthouse Gala, to be held on Saturday, April 24, in El Dorado Springs...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- The art of quilting is the theme for several Women's History Month events scheduled to take place throughout March at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. National Park Service personnel at the site have arranged to host an exhibit on loan from the Kansas State Historical Society. ...

Kidnapping suspects Douglas Stangeland, 46, of Nevada, and Andrew Wadel, 21, of Rich Hill, were scheduled to appear in a Miller County courtroom in Tuscumbia, Mo. on Wednesday, Feb. 10 for an extradition hearing in the matter concerning the Jan. 8 kidnapping of Jeffrey Muller, a New Jersey pet food dealer...

The Nevada Regional Technical Center, with its main campus on Ashland and a satellite facility in the Bowman Building at 2015 N. West Street, is one of 58 career and technical centers throughout the state celebrating February as National Career and Technology Education Month...

The trip began innocently enough. Taking our first long distance outing in a used Winnebago, my wife was concerned that we have it completely checked before heading west to Colorado. The first evening we made Great Bend without incident, and visited some friends. ...

Hi neighbors. Do you spend a lot of time waiting? I hear about people waiting for all sorts of things all the time. We are all waiting for spring. At least we are waiting for the sun to shine, waiting for the temperatures to heat up, waiting for the snow to melt (or at least stop falling) waiting, waiting, waiting...

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Walker, of Ottawa, Kan., announce the engagement of their daughter, Jaime Walker, to Michael Berndt, son of Guy and Janice Berndt, of St. David, Ariz. The bride-to-be is a Master's graduate of business from Pittsburg State University, and is employed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City...

CHANUTE, Kan. -- Senior Jolee Sharp scored her 1,000th career point on her first basket of the second quarter Friday night, becoming the first girl in Fort Scott High School basketball history to surpass that mark on her way to a record-setting night in leading the Tigers to a 53-48 Southeast Kansas League victory over Chanute...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's wrestlers performed better here Thursday night, according to Tiger head coach David Brown. But Chanute won its third straight undisputed Southeast Kansas League championship with a sweep of Fort Scott and Columbus in a league triangular...

Buford William Johnson, age 94, resident of Bronson, Kan., died Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, at the Moran Manor Nursing Home in Moran, Kan. He was born Nov. 23, 1915, in Uniontown, Kan., the son of William Emry Johnson and Leota Blanche Ramsey Johnson. He was a graduate of the Uniontown High School. ...