Stories from Thursday, February 1, 2007

The Bourbon County Grand Jury investigating allegations against local city officials will meet Friday behind closed doors to disclose its findings, followed by an open session giving the public a glimp of its decision, Sixth Judicial Chief Judge Richard Smith said...

In an attempt to prevent the closing of several conservation districts in Kansas, a steering committee that includes Bourbon County Conservation District Supervisor Ronnie Brown and many other state conservation officials has proposed a bill to the state legislature to increase funding for conservation districts throughout the state...

Elvis has left the building. That's what many local residents may be saying next month after accomplished Branson, Mo. performer Tony Roi gives a special tribute concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 17 at Memorial Hall, 1 E. Third St. For its first scheduled fund raiser of 2007, the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee will bring the entertainer and Elvis Presley impersonator to Fort Scott. ...

A Fort Scott restaurant is one of 20 food service establishments in Kansas that has been cited for Kansas Food Code violations within the last two months, according to a statement released Monday from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment...

Joe E. Conley, age 65, died Monday, January 29, 2007, at Kansas Medical Center Andover, Wichita. The family will greet friends Friday, 6:30 until 7:30 P.M., at the Flint Hills Community Church in Cottonwood Falls. Friends may call at the Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home Friday, from 9 a.m. ...

COOK -- Madisyn Marie Cook, a girl, was born at 11:53 p.m. Thursday, January 25, 2007 at Mercy Health Center to parents Amanda and Chris Cook, Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Steve and Teresa Vestal, Independence and Judy Vestal, Independence. ...

RILEY -- Maidyn Faith Riley, a girl, was born at 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at Mercy Health Center to parents Tim and Carla Riley, Fort Scott. She weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces at birth. She joins siblings, step-sister Brittany Bishop, half-brother Timothy Riley, and sister Madison Riley. ...

THOMAS -- Olivia Jane Thomas, a girl, was born at 3:33 p.m. on Tuesday, January, 30, 2007 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to parents Erica Sharp and Larry Thomas, Pleasanton. She weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces at birth. She joins siblings, Michael, Ethan, and Robert Thomas. Maternal grandparents are Marsha and Robert Leisure, Pleasanton. Paternal grandmother is Nancy Thomas, Girard...

PARSONS -- Fort Scott Community College's men held off a second-half rally here Wednesday night and moved into a second-place tie in the Eastern Division of the Jayhawk Conference with a 79-68 win over Labette at the LCC Multi-Purpose Building. The Greyhounds, 14-7 overall, are tied with Labette and Kansas City in the division at 6-3 and with the Cardinals, KCK and Cowley at 4-3 for Region VI Tournament seeding...

PARSONS -- Fort Scott Community College's women set a new school mark when they defeated Labette, 95-76, here Wednesday night in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division contest. The game started 40 minutes late as the officials were slowed by the snowstorm that hit the area. The game itself started off slowly at first but the Greyhounds started rolling after about five minutes...