Stories from Monday, December 6, 2010

Curtis A. Hervey of Fort Scott, has been promoted to Combat Engineer Captain from first lieutenant, effective Nov. 23. He is attached to the Joint Force Headquarters in Topeka. Hervey has been in the National Guard for 16 years and is a substitute teacher...

The Fort Scott Community College Livestock Judging team traveled to Louisville, Ky., last month to compete in the North American International Livestock Expo (NAILE) junior college division judging contest. The exposition, which took place Nov. 17, is the largest purebred livestock exposition in the world. Twenty-seven teams competed in the junior college division. FSCC's team placed first in swine, third in sheep, fourth in reasons, fifth in cattle and fifth as an overall team...

After four years on the job, Fort Scott Director of Economic Development Dale Bunn and the city of Fort Scott have decided to part ways. Bunn, whose final day was Dec. 3, said there was no particular incident that lead to his departure. He said that it was a mutual decision between himself and Fort Scott City Manager Dave Martin...

In what could have been a scene straight out of the mid-1880s, a group of about 24 people, plus spectators, gathered at the Grand Hall at Fort Scott National Historic Site Saturday for a little ballroom dancing. Part-time Park Ranger Robert Thomas put dancers through their paces with Ole Fuss and Feathers supplying the music. James "Red" Stradley, Don Carlson, Mim Carlson and Ralph Carlson make up the group...

It was a successful weekend for several annual community events. Kelley Collins, park ranger at the Fort Scott National Historic Site, said a total of 625 people attended this year's Candlelight Tour on Friday and Saturday. The tours featured living history presentations by volunteer re-enactors dressed in mid-1800s costumes and tours of the candlelit fort...