Stories from Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Some good samaritans can be found these days at Fort Scott High School. A group of FSHS students recently helped a man who apparently suffered a seizure behind the wheel, lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a tree on Main Street. The incident happened shortly after the school day ended Monday, April 22...

Eugene Ware Elementary School fourth graders had a field day at Gunn Park on Monday. The 150 students and their teachers learned how to take care of the earth and to be good stewards of the land, said Mandy Shoemaker, district manager for the Bourbon County Conservation District...

Frank Young, a contract engineer for the county, was on hand to open bids for the Noble Road Bridge Project during Monday's regular Bourbon County Commission meeting. Young said he believes the bridge was built during the Works Progress Administration under President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and is likely 70 to 80 years old and badly in need of repair...

About a year ago, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment approved a request by Bourbon County Commissioners for an expansion of the county landfill. That request is now paying off. It took nearly three years for the approval to go through, but now the county is reaping the rewards of the expansion as storm cleanup has brought both increased activity at the landfill and increased revenue for the county...

Amber Minchew and Andrew Woods are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Karter Woods. Karter was born at 9:03 a.m. on April 27, 2013 at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds and 15 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. Karter was welcomed by siblings Jared, Emee, Kameron and Keegan...

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