Stories from Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Clay Carrington has returned from South Carolina after visiting relatives including his dad and family during the Christmas holiday. His hosts were Kenneth and Donna Carrington, Donna Kay Bowling and son Landyon and the Foster sisters, Crystal and Tiffany...

Fort Scott Garden Club members met at the home of Betty Hixon for its January session. Club collect was recited to open the meeting. Roll call was taken with 10 members present and with each person stating their New Year's resolution. Monthly themes were set for the new books and dates set for future events. A couple of those events planned are a trip to the Arboretum and Botannical Gardens in Overland Park, Kan., and the annual garage sale used to raise funds in April...

4-0 Honor Roll Seniors Natalie Black Emma Hargrove Daniel Herbstritt Tess Murrow Tyler Ranes Cody Sunderland Bethany Walrod Juniors Aaron Beisiegel Jana Pavlikova Dylan Stanley Patrick Sunderland Shelby Whitley Sophomores Rece Dawson Carlyn Jackson Megan Leavitt...

Michael Patrick Crowley, 64, of White Hall, Ark., died Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock, Ark. He was born Sept. 5, 1947, in Sioux Falls, S.D., to Vernon Michael and Bernice Marie Durish Crowley. He served in the United States Army as an infantry soldier in the Vietnam War...

Heather Bickerstaff and Robert Heenan, Ottawa, Kan., and Jackson Co., Mo., and siblings Kristen, Trenton and Samantha are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter and sister Shyla Leigh Marie Heenan on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, at 8:16 a.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kan. Shyla weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Jo and Dale Hensley, Ottawa, and James Bickerstaff, Ottawa. Paternal grandparents are Sandi Heenan, Ottawa, and Larry Heenan, Melrose, N.M...

Rachel Mincks, Amoret, Mo., and sibling Abigail Mincks are pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother Braxton Ray Allen Mincks on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, at 11:31 a.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kan. Braxton weighed 7 pounds. Maternal grandparents are Alice Miller, Amoret, Mo., and Chuck Mincks, Prescott, Kan...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) The cost of the keeping of the poor in the city and caring for the transients who apply daily at the calaboose for shelter and food, has been heavy during the present month and will probably cost the city more than during any month for a number of years. ...

Tax comparisons presented to House Tax Committee Standard Deduction (Single/Married) State Sales Tax State Sales Tax on Groceries State Tax on Cigarette Tax Rate in dollars per pack (as of 1/1/2011) Motor Fuel Per Gallon The first week of the 2012 session was important for Kansans as the initial process for vetting issues began. ...

For a group of award-winning landowners, it's all about taking care of the land. Area landowners Larry and Paula Howard, J.W. "Jingles" Endicott, Leon Cleaver and Frank Lord will be recognized for their conservation efforts during the Bourbon County Conservation District's annual meeting Saturday in Uniontown. ...

With approval from the city commission on Tuesday, Fort Scott will save itself $375,000 on water system improvement bonds. The upgrades financed with the proceeds have already been done. They include improvements to the water plant, water tower, water lines and a fire truck, Assistant City Manager Susan Brown said...

PLEASANTON -- Hayden Rathbun's 32-point night helped Uniontown's girls beat Humboldt 60-47 in the first round of the Pleasanton Tournament here Tuesday. The Eagles (6-4) saw Humboldt close to within 6 points a couple of times. But their 22-of-34 performace at the free-throw stripe helped hold off the Cubs...

Fort Scott High School's wrestlers didn't have much trouble overall in their home Southeast Kansas League dual Tuesday night. The Tigers defeated Coffeyville 41-12 and Parsons 66-6. Parsons beat Coffeyville, 45-24, in the opening dual. "Most matches went exactly as I thought they would," head coach David Brown said. "We wrestled hard. And that's tough after coming back from the tournament at Basehor this weekend."...