Stories from Friday, February 10, 2012

During the Civil War, normally, "winter campaigns" did not occur. However, out here in the Trans-Mississippi Theatre of Operations one did occur in late January and February of 1862. It was during this winter campaign, in the Department of Missouri, that Brig. ...

Raymond Dale Smutley Howard, 74, LaCygne, died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Pleasanton, Kan. He was born May 22, 1937 in Kansas City, Kan., the son of Orville and Florence Morris Howard. He worked for Johnson County Wastewater and operated a tree trimming service...

Barbara Hays Swann passed away Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at the Schneider Funeral Home LaCygne Chapel. Visitation will be held from noon to service time at the Schneider Funeral Home. Inurnment will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery, LaCygne, Kan. The family suggests contributions to the North Point Skilled Nursing Home in Paola, Kan., left in c/o Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 304, LaCygne, Kan., 66040...

Kelly Lynn Black, 47, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office at 4:43 p.m. Wednesday for a Bourbon County warrant for probation violation. She is still being held at this time. Charles Peter Corpstein, 27, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office at 10:42 a.m. Wednesday for restrictions while driving. He posted a $1,250 bond and was later released...

Dalton Pulliam and Caroline O'Dell, Redfield, are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Tayton Link Pulliam, at 2:20 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, at Mercy Health Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Rickey and Teresa O'Dell, Redfield...

Brian and Amanda Lancaster, Fort Scott, and siblings Emily and Tessa Lancaster, are pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother, Wesley Joseph Lancaster, at 8:08 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. He weighed 9 pounds, 9.9 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long at birth...

They're everywhere! They're everywhere! Hearts, flowers, chocolate, even greeting cards that sing mushy love songs. We are surrounded daily by reminders that this is the month of love, yet I'm not so sure there isn't more guilt than actual affection being offered up to prove we care. It's a basic desire for all of us, isn't it?...

Ten Fort Scott Community College student-athletes have earned a spot on the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference fall 2011 All-Academic Team. The Greyhounds are represented by six members of the volleyball team and four members of the football squad...

Farmers and ranchers in southeast Kansas counties are encouraged to attend the Ag Stewardship Conference on Friday, Feb. 24, at Tony's Function Junction, 59 and 47 Junction, in Erie. All producers in the area are invited, but absentee landowners, women and minorities, new and beginning farmers, and small or specialty crop farmers are encouraged to attend...

A group of local teachers will try to ignore below-freezing temperatures Saturday when they jump into a swimming pool as part of an event benefiting the Special Olympics of Kansas. Darcy Strong, a special education teacher at Winfield Scott Elementary School, is one of 26 teachers from Winfield Scott and Eugene Ware Elementary School who plan to join other participants in the 2012 Kansas Special Olympics Polar Bear Plunge, scheduled for noon Saturday at the Crimson Villas apartment complex at Pittsburg State University.. ...

Faculty at Fort Scott Community College will get a raise in fiscal year 2012-2013, thanks to approval of a two-year collective bargaining agreement by the Board of Trustees earlier this week. The board met in a special meeting Wednesday to OK the deal between itself and Fort Scott College Association of Professional Employees, or FS-CAPE, Director of Public Relations Kathleen Hinrichs said...

Two longtime Fort Scottians were recognized for their contributions to the community at the annual Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce dinner and awards celebration Thursday evening. Betty Hixon, owner of H&H Realty, and Ralph Carlson, seen around town doing everything from tree trimming to playing music on his guitar, were presented with the Keystone and Mayor's Citizenship awards, respectively...

The next court date has been set for a local man charged last month with murder and arson. Brent Bollinger, 25, appeared in person before Magistrate Judge Rebecca Stephan Thursday morning with his attorney, former Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison. Also present were prosecutors Assistant Kansas Attorney General Kristiane Bryant and Bourbon County Attorney Terri Johnson...