Business

'Getting to know' SRS may help those in need (05/02/08)
Area residents who find themselves in need may be able to access help through a local organization. At 1 p.m. on April 22, employees from the Social and Rehabilitation Services Southeast Kansas Region addressed about 35 area residents, who gathered at the Fort Scott Housing Authority to discover what services the local SRS can offer those in need...

May declared official 'Beef Month' (05/01/08)
With the weather warming up and the days getting longer, more and more Americans are enjoying great tasting beef entrees cooked on the grill. May has been declared "Beef Month" by every governor of Kansas for the past 25 years. We all know that Kansas is referred to as the "Wheat State"; however the Kansas cattle industry generated $6.25 billion in cash receipts during 2006, which is 60% of the 2006 cash receipts in Kansas...

Lack of funding closes Bourbon County museum's doors (04/30/08)
By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune Area residents and local historians will no longer have the opportunity to walk through the Ralph Richards Museum to learn more about one of Fort Scott's pioneer families. About one year ago, members of the Historical Preservation Society of Bourbon County found themselves having to make a very difficult decision. ...

Monday police sting results in eight arrests (04/29/08)

Baseball at Nevada cancelled (04/25/08)
Fort Scott High School's baseball games this afternoon (Friday) at Nevada have been cancelled, according to an e-mail sent this afternoon by FSHS Athletic Director Larry Fink. There was to have been one varsity and one junior varsity game. Also, the JV baseball tournament at Girard scheduled for Saturday morning has also been cancelled. The Fort Scott JV was entered...

Mercy Physician Group gives $1000 to FSCC Nursing Program (04/24/08)

New SEK Urgent Care to open soon (04/24/08)
Area residents will soon have another option at their disposal when it comes to urgent medical care needs. Brent Cosens, Arma, an emergency medical physician and Fort Scott native who currently operates a Pittsburg-based urgent care center, plans to open up a new local facility in June. The new Southeast Kansas Urgent Care Center will be located at 1624 S. National Ave...

Fort Scott Recreation Commission hosts Corporate Olympics (04/23/08)

Budweiser Clydesdales slated to participate in Good Ol' Days (04/23/08)
The clopping of hooves that belong to some of the beverage industry's most recognizable mascots will echo through the streets of downtown Fort Scott this summer. Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce officials have booked the Budweiser Clydesdales to appear in Fort Scott starting June 2. ...

College votes not to renew AG professor's contract (04/22/08)
The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Monday to not renew the contract of non-tenured FSCC instructor Ed Sutton. Two of Sutton's former students, William Dodson and James Crodeaux, were present at the FSCC Board of Trustees meeting to voice their support for Sutton, a former USD 235 Board of Education member who was most recently an instructor in the FSCC livestock judging program. ...

Bourbon County Unit of Retired school personnel (03/19/08)
The Bourbon County Unit of Retired School Personnel met March 8, 2008. The High School building was locked, so the group went to the Southern Baptist Church. Marge Stringer opened the church and made coffee. The social committee, Winifred Daly and Wayne Stringer furnished donuts...