Stories from Thursday, February 9, 2012

100 YEARS AGO (1912) All day today Main Street has been a flue for all the chimneys in the business district end even some of those more distant sent their fumes and smoke to Main. There has been one continual stream of smoke blowing up and down the street and in the words of one wise philosopher, "It 'soots' me just fine."...

The House Tax Committee had a hearing and worked HB 2287. The bill creates a school sales tax holiday in Kansas. Missouri and Oklahoma have similar holidays, and as a border area, we know that Kansas is losing business to these states on the sales tax holiday weekend. The bill was tabled in tax committee...

At Jayhawk-Linn, FFA members take pride in providing service to the community and being competitive in contests. Currently, there are approximately 80 members in the FFA chapter. Members aspire to be successful. This is evident through their success stories; over the years, several members have received awards and scholarships at the local, state and national level...

Acting Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) Michael Scuse announced last week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will conduct a four-week Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general signup, beginning on March 12 and ending on April 6...

The recent weather does not indicate that it is winter but, of course, the calendar does. But it's not too early to start thinking about this year's fruit crop. A little planning ahead with fruit trees can mean big rewards later in the growing season...

John Henry Baskin, 33, Fort Scott, was arrested at 9:17 a.m. Tuesday by the Fort Scott Police Department for possession of opiates/narcotics/stimulants, obstruction of the legal process and obstruction. He is currently being held with no bond. Georgellen Baskin, 52, Fort Scott, was arrested at 9:26 a.m. Tuesday by the Fort Scott Police Department for sell or intent to sell cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school. She is currently being held with no bond...

By the end of the semester, students in Fort Scott Community College's Construction Trades program hope to have two log cabins finished and ready to go for Greenbush Southeast Kansas Education Center in Girard. Led by FSCC carpentry instructor Kim Coates, the construction trades program began work on the project for Greenbush in April 2011 and is being helped by Mike Hansen's construction trades class at Fort Scott High School, said Construction Trades Program Director Chris Sterrett...

A former Fort Scott High School paraeducator has waived her preliminary hearing, which was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon before Bourbon County Magistrate Judge Rebecca Stephan. This means Kimberly Cannon, charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child, criminal sodomy and indecent liberties with a child, will have her formal arraignment before District Judge Mark Ward at a future date. ...

Fort Scott Police Department officers served a narcotics search warrant Tuesday at a residence in the 800 block of East Seventh Street. During the search, officers seized a substantial quantity of crack cocaine. Two adults were arrested for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school, possession of drug paraphernalia, and no drug tax stamp, a news release said...

Pittsburg State University head football coach Tim Beck recapped his team's national championship season during the Fort Scott Rotary Club meeting Wednesday afternoon at First Presbyterian Church. The Pittsburg resident, who was the guest speaker at the meeting, said although the team was picked by experts to finish fifth in their conference in a preseason poll, players and coaches thought they were destined for greatness from the beginning...

IOLA -- Allen Community College swept a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader here Wednesday night at the ACCC gymnasium. Red Devil women outlasted the Greyhounds, 43-38, while Allen's men took control late in the second half to defeat Fort Scott 79-66...

Submitted to the Tribune First Southern Baptist Church, 1818 S. Main, Fort Scott, will hold a revival Feb. 15-19. Wednesday evening's emphasis on children through grade 5. The church will serve a meal starting at 6:30 p.m. Saturday services will emphasize youth. Following the Saturday service, the church will serve a meal...