Stories from Monday, August 6, 2007

Terry Hughes doesn't like public speaking. In fact, he hates it. But at Tuesday's city commission meeting, he will be talking. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 1 E. Third St. Hughes plans to voice his opinion in favor of installing what are called "Quiet Zones" at rail crossings in Fort Scott. He said the devices will eliminate train whistles, a long standing inconvenience for the community...

Heat can be a killer. Temperatures above 90 degrees, especially when accompanied with high humidity, can cause many medical problems such as heat exhaustion, heat stroke, heart failure and stroke. Take the heat seriously. People who are feeling hot and uncomfortable should use caution, common sense and take steps to avoid heat stress, a statement from the Sedgwick County Emergency Management Office said...

The sidewalks on North Main Street were speckled black on Friday. Store owners could be found outside their stores with brooms in hand busily sweeping the crickets that had gathered in such mass numbers that they not only caused the streets to become spotted, but also jumped onto bystanders...

Jeffrey Neil Oliver, 51, a resident of Fort Scott, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, at the Specialty Hospital of Mid-America in Kansas City. Jeffrey was born Sept. 22, 1955, in Fort Scott, the son of James H. Oliver, Sr. and Margaret E. Turk Oliver. He was employed by Topco Laminates. ...

Jean Olive Willard, 89 of Carl Junction, Mo., formerly of Fort Scott, died at her home Friday evening, Aug. 3, 2007. She was born on Dec. 11, 1917 in Newkirk, Okla. the daughter of Lawrence James and Truly Mae Mollett Winchell. She married Max Willard on Nov. 3, 1941 in Joplin, Mo., he preceded her in death on Feb. 2, 2003...

Wylon Allen Howard Green, a boy, was born at Mercy Health Center on Friday, Aug. 3, 2007 at 12:55 p.m., to parents Jess Allen and Carrie Leigh Green, Nevada, Mo. He weighed 7 pound and 4.5 ounces at birth. He joins siblings Weston Shrewsbury and Broadie Green. Maternal grandparents are Bub and Tin Dahmer, Nevada, Mo. Paternal grandparents are Les and Debbie Green, Huntsville, Mo., and great grandparents Howard and Betty Green, Jasper, Mo...

Jhett Wayne Tucker, a boy, was born at Mount Carmel Medical Center, July 10, 2007 at 2:55 a.m. to parents Joe and Tessie Tucker, Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds and 10 ounces at birth. He joins a brother, John. Maternal grandparents are George and Terry Montgomery of Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents Bud and the late Bertha Tucker of Fort Scott...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) The Berner Block elevator is now in first class condition. R.K. Anderson, the star machinist, has overhauled the machinery completely. While the workmen who are remodeling the courthouse were at work removing the heavy stone from the huge chimney at the top of the building last evening, one of the stones got out of their control and came down with much force on the roof of the courtroom auditorium. ...

A Fort Scott man died late Saturday in a car accident that occurred on Missouri Highway 160 about 10 miles west of Lamar, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report said that James E. Noe, 51, of Fort Scott, died as a result of injuries he suffered when the southbound 1999 Dodge Dakota he was driving collided head-on with a 2006 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Hubert G. ...