Stories from Thursday, January 27, 2011

After being rescheduled once already, the upcoming meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission has been moved again. The meeting was originally scheduled for 6 p.m. on Feb. 1, however, there was a conflict. Mayor Dick Hedges, Commissioner Jim Adams, Fort Scott City Manager Dave Martin and Assistant City Manager Susan Brown will be attending the City Hall Day at the Capitol in Topeka...

IOLA -- Diana Huff, director of Bronson Public Library, attended the Southeast Kansas Library System workshop MyKLOW Website Training at the Leroy Branch, Coffey County Library Jan. 19. Joe Tholen, SEKLS technology coordinator, gave participants help in enhancing their library websites...

A Fort Scott High School Site Council meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Feb. 2 in the conference room at the high school, 1005 S. Main. The site council is a group of employees, parents, community members or students who discuss ways of bettering the school...

A community concert is scheduled for 7 to 8 p.m. Friday in the Round Room at Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. Horton. The concert is scheduled to include performances by two local duos, the Tuckers and Fuss and Feathers. Like the summer series, the show is free of charge and open to the public...

A benefit dinner to help raise funds for a family with ties to the area is scheduled for Sunday. The benefit for Steve Henson, a resident of Columbus, will be held Sunday at the Diamond 6-D Arena 521, located on East McKay in Frontenac. Henson's wife is a Bronaugh, Mo., native...

After a preliminary status hearing with their attorneys Wednesday, suspects in the robbery of a La Harpe business will have another preliminary status hearing at 1:30 p.m. March 9 in Iola. Arrested Jan. 9 on charges of arson, burglary, felony theft and conspiracy to commit burglary were Stevie Joe Hall, 41, a male juvenile and James Edward LaRoche, 20, all of Fort Scott...

U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kansas, has announced she will continue bringing Congress to Kansas during the 112th Congress by hosting a listening session in Fort Scott in the Citizen's Bank Lobby at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 3. "Listening to and serving Eastern Kansans is my top priority as your representative in Congress. ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has finalized procedures for the upcoming referendum on the continuation of the Sorghum Check-off Program and is announcing the dates it will conduct the referendum. For the program to continue, the Sorghum Promotion, Research, and Information Order requires that a referendum be conducted no later than three years after the start of assessments, which began on July 1, 2008. The order requires a simple majority vote in the referendum for the program to continue...

Frank Leon Moore, age 73, a resident of rural Fulton, Kan., died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, at his home. He was born Jan. 31, 1937, at Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Edgar Moore Sr. and Veretta Hopkins Moore. Frank graduated from Fulton High School in 1956...

Kansas State University provides you with research-based information through many avenues. Locally, your contact is the Bourbon County Extension Office, located on the first floor of the Courthouse. Hundreds of publications and fact sheets, written by K- State researchers and specialists, are available in the office or through the university's Publications Library, www.ksre.ksu.edu/library. Another alternative is to research the information provided on our website, www.bourbon.ksu.edu...

Mercy Physician Group has announced that Janice Boge, advanced registered nurse practitioner-certified (ARNP-C), has joined the practice full-time, effective Jan. 24. Boge's primary responsibilities will be providing care in the Mercy Urgent Care clinic...

Derek Hall, a native of Fort Scott, is the new Allstate Insurance producer at H&H Agency of Bourbon and Linn County, 2 Old Fort Blvd. Hall grew up in Fort Scott and attended Fort Scott High School where he was involved in many activities, including baseball, football and wrestling. He then attended Pittsburg State University and graduated in December 2009 with a bachelor's degree in business administration...

Steven Wayne Whitesell, age, 30, 110 N. Judson, Fort Scott, was arrested on Jan. 21, at 12:48 a.m. by the Fort Scott Police Department for domestic battery and is still being held at this time. Chelsie Bareigh Farrell, age 21, 404 E. Madison, Pittsburg, was arrested on Jan. 23 at 3:09 a.m. by the Fort Scott Police Department for DUI, no proof of liability insurance, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Farrell was released the same day on a $4,000 bond...

The Fort Scott High School Physics Club will host a chili feed Friday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the commons area west of the main gym. A bowl of chili or a chili dog, home-made dessert and a drink costs $5. Proceeds will help fund club activities.

Many rural Fort Scott residents are left dealing with the damage after their mailboxes were vandalized over the weekend. According to Fort Scott Post Office Postmaster Robert Vacca, about 60 mailboxes in rural Fort Scott were damaged this weekend. He said the residents have been calling the post office and the rural mail carriers have been reporting the varying damage since Monday morning...