Stories from Wednesday, April 4, 2012

100 YEARS AGO (1912) To ensure a prompt delivery of your motor car this Spring you should place your order now, as the factories are having much difficulty in securing railroad equipment owing to the weather conditions: Flanders Tour Car, complete...$925...

The Department of Revenue announced income tax collection for March was $40.1 million more than estimated. If the trend continues, it signals the economy in Kansas is improving. It demonstrates that we must continue to work toward a responsible balanced budget and legislation that promotes job creation in our state...

Palm Sunday at Arcadia Christian Church was a special service this year in that a newcomer Trent Gingery, a 15-year old eighth-grade student at Northeast High School from Arcadia, sang a special number that morning. At sermon time, Pastor Charles Cable's scripture was delivered by song as he sang from the Book of Psalms...

The 43rd annual Fort Scott Community College Elementary Music Festivals will be held April 21 and May 5. On April 21 vocal solos, vocal ensembles, choirs and piano performances will be adjudicated. On May 5 instrumental solos and ensembles, bands and orchestras will be adjudicated...

Brandon Allen Dighero, 25, Arma, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office at 9:29 a.m. Monday to serve five days. Andrew Earl Buckman, 24, Fort Scott, was arrested at 3:58 p.m. Monday on an arrest warrant for burglary, theft and obstructing the legal process. He is still being held at this time with no bond...

Kathryn Marie Keating, 94, of Fort Scott, died early Tuesday morning, April 3, 2012, at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Donald Dorin Fetterly, age 92, of Lamar, Mo., passed away Monday, April 2, 2012, at Barton County Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Don was born March 27, 1920, at Mapleton, Kan., to George and Mary (Nelson) Fetterly. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother Earl Taylor; and a sister, Maxine Rei...

Carroll Arthur Deer, age 69, resident of Fort Scott , Kan., died Saturday, March 31, 2012, at his home. Hospice Chaplain Wayne Mason will conduct graveside services at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 5, in the Dayton Cemetery, Devon, Kan. Friends and family will leave for the cemetery at 9:30 a.m. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Cheney Witt Chapel with a time of fellowship following visitation at the Carriage House...

The United Way of Bourbon County is taking applications from human services agencies in Bourbon County for financial participation in the fall campaign. Minimum eligibility requirements for an agency or organization to participate in a United Way campaign includes:...

High school and college students from Kansas will be attending the 2012 SkillsUSA Masonry competition and the 4th Annual Construction Trades Career Fair April 13 at the Pittsburg Construction Trades Building, 1301 E. 27th Terrace, Pittsburg. The SkillsUSA competition will run from 7:30 a.m.--11:30 a.m...

A group of Fort Scott High School students was recognized for their academic achievements during the annual Plus 5 dinner Monday at the school. Forty-seven students qualified for the event. Attendees enjoyed the variety of pizzas, ice cream and soft drinks that were provided...

Fort Scott Community College's forensics team will host a showcase on Thursday, April 5, in the theater of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center. The presentation will begin at 6 p.m. and is free and open to the public. This will be a great opportunity to see some of the performances that have produced more than 50 finalist awards, 12 JV national medalists, four national placings and four team sweep finishes, a news release said...

During Friday's Bourbon County Commission meeting, County Treasurer Susan Quick said the Bourbon County Division of Motor Vehicles Office will be closed for a week in May. Quick said the state is preparing to switch to a new DMV system on May 1. Because of this, she said the DMV office will be closed May 1-7. The office will re-open for business on May 8...

This summer, Dr. Larry Seals will be one busy obstetrician. He'll be delivering eight sets of twins. Seven of the eight sets are due between August and October and one in June, Seals said. "That's very unusual -- a town the size of Fort Scott with eight sets of twins due at almost the same time," Seals said...

The Fort Scott City Commission has approved an amendment to the city's nuisance ordinance that officials say will help better define what a nuisance is. During its regular meeting Tuesday, the commission conducted the second and final reading of an ordinance amending a section of the city municipal code concerning unlawful nuisances with regard to furniture and household appliances deposited outside a building...

ERIE -- Uniontown's boys golf team opened its season here Monday at the Erie Invitational. The Eagles finished sixth in the seven-team field with a four-man score of 436. Caney Valley was the team champion with a score of 342 followed by Jayhawk-Linn at 354 and Erie with a 386...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team was scheduled to play a Three Rivers League doubleheader against Northeast here Monday. But by the time things were said and done, the Eagles barely played the equivalent of one full game. Uniontown (4-0 TRL, 5-1 overall) needed just eight innings to sweep Northeast, winning game one in five 12-2 and taking the second game in three, 17-2. ...