Stories from Thursday, February 8, 2007

UNIONTOWN -- Not often does a national news organization visit Southeast Kansas, but one did on Wednesday when an NBC "Today Show" crew visited Uniontown Junior Senior High School to meet members of the student-driven Life in a Jar Project. Bob Dotson, an award-winning national correspondent for "The Today Show," along with a small camera and production crew, visited the school Wednesday morning to speak with current and former students about the Life in a Jar Project, which tells the story of Polish-born Holocaust heroine Irena Sendler. ...

The primary elections for Fort Scott City Commission, Uniontown USD 235 Board of Education and Jayhawk-Linn USD 346 BOE seats will be conducted on Tuesday, Feb. 27. The general election, for the top vote getters in the primary and for other city council and school board seats throughout the county will take place Tuesday, April 3...

A former general manager of the Fort Scott Inn faces numerous charges for alleged payroll theft, misusing a business credit card and taking various office materials, all totaling more than $6,500. The Bourbon County Attorney's Office charged 44-year-old Denise Kase last week with 11 counts of making false information and one count of theft. The 11 charges are low-grade felonies that carry a minimum of 31 months in jail, if convicted...

Emma Lucille Eitel Meier, former resident of 1222 Scott Avenue, fell asleep in Jesus on Wednesday, February 07, 2007, at Fort Scott Manor. Emma was born September 12, 1918 in Tampa, Kansas the daughter of Samuel J. and Katherine Marie Wagoner Eitel. ...

Mark Wayne Schnichels, age 52, a resident of Fort Scott, died Tuesday, February 6, 2007, at Mercy Hospital, following a battle with cancer. He was born August 28, 1954, in the town of Cuauntemoc, in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. His birth mother was Librida Nunez and he was adopted by Elfie Marie Schnichels. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) The production of Alice in Wonderland will be given Friday and Saturday. The Episcopal church presents a cast of 150 which includes the best and most popular of the young people of Fort Scott. Friday afternoon the poor children of the city will be admitted free. Chief Ball of the Police Force will be giving out the tickets...

Fort Scott Community College's women jumped out to a 13-0 lead on their way to a 90-42 rout of Neosho County in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play at Arnold Arena Wednesday night. The Greyhounds didn't even need a lot of production from Keisha Walker, who entered the game as the conference's leading scorer at 20.7 points per game. The Texas Tech signee played sparingly once the rout was on and finished with just eight points...

Fort Scott Community College's men opened Wednesday night's Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division game with Neosho County at Arnold Arena with a 15-0 run, then used 10-2 and 24-1 second-half spurts to put away the Panthers, 80-51. The Greyhounds, 8-3 in the East and 16-7 overall, are just one game behind Coffeyville, the division leader that was upset by Allen County, 75-70, Wednesday night...

Wednesday was the first day that colleges were allowed to sign high school seniors and junior college players to letters of intent. On the first day, one Fort Scott High School and two Uniontown seniors and two Fort Scott Community College sophomores made their decisions...