Stories from Saturday, November 5, 2011

Dwight Howard Foley, 59, El Dorado Springs, Mo., died on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at Freeman Health System West, Joplin, Mo., following a lengthy illness. A graveside service will be held at 2:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, at National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan., with the Rev. Tom Albers officiating. Friends may call now and until 1:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 7, at Ferry Funeral Home, 301 S. Washington, Nevada...

Ruth Whitcomb, 94, of Kincaid, Kan., went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, at the Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care Facility, Garnett. She was born on March 31, 1917, in Kincaid, Kan., the daughter of James and Lena (McCabe) Main. Ruth graduated from Lone Elm High School in 1934...

Nevada, Mo. -- There have been many changes in the city's parks department during the past year. There's a new parks department director, a new community center director and a new activities director. Numerous improvements also have taken place in the parks, and Nevada City Manager JD Kehrman told the city council during a budget work session Thursday, that he would recommend they postpone making any big changes in parks and recreation fees for a while...

Hoping to keep making healthful activities available to all Vernon Countians, organizers are earnestly preparing for the annual Osage Prairie YMCA Strong Kids Holiday Festival on Friday, Nov. 11. Co-Chair Lori Fast said fundraising at the high profile 6 p.m. ...

After a great deal of time and anticipation, Fort Scott Community College has announced that the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center donor recognition wall is completed and proudly displayed inside the Ken and Charlotte Lunt Lobby. Since the opening of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center in the spring of 2009 all students on main campus are often in the building for classes, social gatherings, and presentations. ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Danny Graham's heroic efforts nearly two months ago brought him special recognition by the Kansas Highway Patrol on Friday. Members of the Fort Scott police and fire departments, Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, and KHP joined several community members for an event in which Graham, of Uniontown, was presented with the Kansas Highway Patrol Honorary Trooper Award for his heroic actions after witnessing a two-vehicle crash at Kansas Highway 3 and Maple Road in Uniontown on Sept. ...

FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott Community College's women started off its season on a roller coaster Friday night. The Greyhounds' offense alternated between sluggish and explosive during stretches but FSCC prevailed 56-45 over Southwestern Iowa on the first night of the Gladbach Classic at Arnold Arena...