Stories from Friday, May 7, 2010

One of Mr. Webster's definitions of DECEIT is "a dishonest action, trick, fraud or lie" and during the Civil War, as in all wars, occasionally soldiers of both the Blue and the Gray killed the enemy in a deceitful way. This type of killing was not accomplished by wearing a disguise, it was done by appearing to surrender in uniform and then firing a fatal shot into and killing the enemy soldier to which one was offering to surrender. ...

Riverfront public meeting Monday evening The Fort Scott/Bourbon County Riverfront Authority has engaged Patti Banks & Associates to develop the Master Plan for the Fort Scott Riverfront Park & Trails. A public meeting to gather input on the park will be held on Monday, May 10 from 6-8 p.m. at The River Room, No. 3 West Oak. The public is encouraged to attend to discuss features they would like to see in the park and other issues related to the project...

Richard Donald Fitzsimmons, 80, of Fort Scott, died Tuesday afternoon at the Mercy Health Center. He was born Sept. 20, 1929 in Allen County, Kan., the son of Alan Edwin and Elsie Alice (Megaffin) Fitzsimmons. He married Norma Jean Wilson, Aug. 16, 1950 in Everest, Kan. She survives of the home...

Aleta Fern Land, 80 of Springfield, Mo., passed away May 1, 2010. She was born on July 29, 1929 in Fulton, Kan., and attended Fort Scott High School. Aleta was united in marriage to Don Land on Feb. 1, 1948, in Fort Scott, Kan. She was a homemaker and attended the Galloway Baptist Church. Aleta taught children's Sunday School for 45 years and was a substitute teacher at Reeds Spring Elementary...

Sandra Phillips, age 66, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, and more recently of Overland Park, Kan., died unexpectedly Thursday, May 6, 2010, at her home. Funeral services for Sandra Phillips will be announced by the Cheney Witt Memorial Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan...

By Steve Moyer Herald-Tribune April showers have turned into May flowers so it is now time for the fourth annual Schowe and Shine, Dr. Ron Schowengerdt's auto show to benefit Habitat for Humanity. He's excited because this year there are corporate sponsors to help generate funds for Habitat...

Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Schedules and tickets for the Fort Scott Good Ol' Days celebration are now available, event organizers said this week. Preparations are currently being made for the 29th annual event, which will take place June 5-6 in downtown Fort Scott...

ebecca Rowland, a fifth grade student at Eugene Ware Elementary School, rides the mechanical bull during an event hosted by Fort Scott Community College on Thursday at the FSCC Arnold Arena. During the event, a group of Eugene Ware fifth grade students watched various demonstrations by FSCC rodeo team members, who performed team roping, goat tying, steer wrestling, calf roping, barrel racing, and bull riding events. ...

Herald-Tribune The Wax Museum, a tradition at Nevada Middle School, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. This year's theme is revisiting favorite characters that have been portrayed over the past 25 years. Students in Accelerated English, science and social studies have researched 38 personalities from movie stars, historial icons, atheletes and even a local celebrity. ...

By Lynn A. Wade Herald-Tribune The Vernon County Sheriff's Office is investigating the murder of 23-year-old Dennis Gibbs, of the Nevada-Fort Scott area, whose body, riddled with several gunshot wounds and several stab wounds, was found by Vernon County Sheriff's Office deputies at the intersection of Z Highway and Katy Track Road, near Richards, Mo., Thursday evening...