Stories from Friday, April 23, 2010

The Fort Scott Police Department has issued a statement to make the public aware of storm siren procedures during severe weather. The city storm sirens will be activated when a tornado warning has been issued for Bourbon County by the National Weather Service. The sirens will be sounded for one cycle, which lasts approximately one to two minutes...

Jerry Witt, chairman of the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Business and Development Committee, has announced that a walking tour of Main Street and National Avenue for persons or businesses to look at unoccupied buildings and inspect them for possible investment in Fort Scott's downtown...

Area women will get the chance next week to participate in an educational and entertaining event designed to teach them about how they can protect their mobility and live with vitality. The event, titled Life is Not a Spectator Sport, is offered and hosted by Mercy Health Center as part of its Spirit of Women campaign. ...

Bourbon County has been awarded an additional $3,599 in federal funds under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. The money is used to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the area. The selection was made by a national board that is chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and consists of representatives from the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, United Jewish Communities, Catholic Charities, USA, the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, and United Way of America which will provide the administrative staff and function as fiscal agent. ...

Things could be looking up for the retail industry in Fort Scott if the city commission approves. The Fort Scott City Commission will be holding a public hearing on May 18 followed by a vote to create a Community Improvement District where the old Walmart -- currently Tractor Supply Company -- is located...

TOPEKA -- In an awards ceremony held recently at the prestigious Missouri Athletic Club in downtown St. Louis, State Senator Bob Marshall, R-Fort Scott, was inducted into the Missouri State Handball Association (MSHA) Hall of Fame. Marshall said, "Of course I am humbled and gratified to be given this honor. ...

Fans of World Extreme Cagefighting star and Fort Scott High School graduate LC Davis can meet the 29-year-old at a special function to be held at Holmtown Pub on N. National Avenue on Saturday, April 24. Davis, who will fight Josh Grispi on June 20 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, will host a viewing party for the ALDO vs. FABER Pay-Per-View mixed martial arts event airing at 9pm CT. The event at Holmtown Pub begins at 6pm CT and will include a raffle with chances to win prizes...

Roger L. Sickles, age 47, resident of rural Fort Scott, died late Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at the Mercy Health Center Emergency Room following an accident. He was born June 7, 1962, in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Raymond Eugene Sickles, Sr. and Peggy Jo Lee Sickles...

Rose Marie Wilkinson, 78, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at St. John's Regional Medical Center. There was cremation. Rose requested no funeral services, plans for a family gathering in her honor are incomplete at this time...

In the Spring of each year, during the Civil War, the Confederate and Union Guerrillas awoke from their partial winter hibernation to conduct their special type of warfare with a vengeance. Depending on the weather, guerrilla activity increased with the coming of the leaves in springtime. ...

Local residents are encouraged to join Walk Kansas participants for National Walk @ Lunch Day on April 27 and 28. Ann Ludlum, Walk Kansas program coordinator in Bourbon County, has organized walks during both days to encourage individuals to walk during their lunch time...

When our boys were younger, they spent a lot of time in their rooms. Not of their own volition. Typically the older two, Jeff and Adam, would have plotted against their younger brother, Andy, found themselves in trouble, and were exiled (tortured, as they would tell it) to spend time in solitary confinement...

Bethel Community Church will be hosting a Ladies' Conference from 6-9 p.m., May 7, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 8. The event will feature Julie Ganschow as the guest speaker. Ganschow is a Biblical Counselor from Kansas City, Mo. and has been counseling and discipling women for over a decade. ...