Stories from Friday, December 29, 2006

After 27 days of maintaining public safety and conducting crime investigations at an alternative location away from its home base of operations, the Fort Scott Police Department on Wednesday moved back to its official headquarters. The return from its temporary operations center on the third floor of City Hall was completed around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday...

Edith Alberta Uttinger, age 90, a resident of 905 S. National Ave., Fort Scott, Kansas, died Thursday, December 28, 2006, at Mercy Health Center. She was born May 8, 1916, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Guy Robert Pryor and Gladys Idella Bates Pryor. She married Clifford L. Uttinger on November 3, 1934, in Nevada, Missouri. He preceded her in death on August 14, 1990. Alberta was a member of the First Baptist Church. She loved music and enjoyed the "Call On Me" Club...

Frank Leonard Fox, 42, a former resident of the Kansas City area, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2006, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. Funeral services for Frank Leonard Fox will be announced later by the Cheney Witt Memorial Chapel...

BLAND -- Darron Wayne Bland, a boy, was born at 5:39 p.m. Dec. 28, 2006, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott to parents Darron and Teri Bland, Fort Scott. He weighed 6 pounds, 10.5 ounces at birth. He joins three brothers; Austin Bland, Nathan Bland, and Daniel Bland. Paternal grandparents are Dennis and Diane Bland, Mound City...

MEEK -- Madison Leigh Meek, a girl, was born at 2:56 p.m. Dec. 27, 2006, at Mercy Health Center to parents Patricia Montz and Travis Meek. She weighed 6 pounds, 13.2 ounces at birth. She joins siblings Emily Meek, Mason Meek, and Bryton Montz. Paternal grandparents are Helen and Charlie Meek, Richards, Mo. Paternal great-grandmother is Virginia Meek of Fort Scott. Maternal grandmother is Brigitta Tarver, Joplin, Mo...

100 YEARS AGO (1906) It has been known for a year or two that the Frisco road very seriously contemplates building a big dam on the Wolverine Creek a few miles northeast of the city and thereby have an artificial supply of water that would never run dry. ...

WILLARD -- Gleyhona Renee Willard, a girl, was born at 8:39 a.m. Dec. 28, 2006, at Mercy Health Center to parents Vanessa Renee Willard, Fort Scott, and Garrick Lindsey, Ottawa, Kan. She weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces at birth, and joins one brother, Devonte Evitt. Maternal grandmother is Lynette Vann. Maternal great-grandmother is Joann Vann...