Stories from Tuesday, December 12, 2006

A Mapleton man suffered a neck injury on Tuesday when his truck veered off 125th Street and struck a row of trees. Around 10 a.m., Rex Clarke was driving a white Toyota Tundra north on 125th Street about 15 miles northwest of Fort Scott when he apparently lost control of the truck then overcorrected and slammed into a fence lined with trees...

A Missouri woman caught driving a stolen car early Thursday morning has been charged with felony theft. Shelly L. Carter, 28, was charged with one count of theft Friday by Assistant Bourbon County Attorney Valorie R. Leblanc. Carter alledgely stole the 2001 Chevrolet Impala on Monday from the parking lot of a Carthage, Mo., restaurant. ...

COPENHAUER -- Lilienne Maureen Copenhauer, a girl, was born at 10:04 a.m. on Monday, December 11, 2006 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to parents Emma and Michael Copenhauer, Sheldon, Missouri. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces at birth. She joins siblings, Angelos, Ethan and Andrew. Maternal grandparents are Katherlene and Ronald Attebury and Joan Lawson, all of Sheldon, Missouri...

With school violence moving a little closer to home these days, area school district officials are taking that extra step towards making sure their buildings are safe and secure. Last week, the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics released a study showing that at least 21 people were killed at school during the 2004-05 academic year, a slight increase from the previous year. ...

Everyone has a story to tell. Older generations have stories of a way of life that will be lost forever if not shared with younger generations. What better time to share those stories than during the holiday season when generations gather for family celebrations?...

100 YEARS AGO (1906) The man Reynolds, who wants to manage Fort Scott's baseball team next year, has sent local fans numerous clippings from newspapers showing what a wonder he is at handling men and playing the game himself. A W. Onken and a man named Aus, who works for a plumbing establishment, were quite painfully injured yesterday while working on Grant Hornaday's new house at the corner of Ninth and Judson streets. The men were fitting in some pipes when an explosion occurred...