Lifestyle

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...

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. ...

Search continues for emergency management professional (03/22/08)
FORT SCOTT -- When Bourbon County Emergency Preparedness Manager Laura Hyer accepted a position in Shawnee County, the Bourbon County Commission began the hunt for Hyer's replacement. According to Bourbon County Clerk Joanne Long, the open position generated about 13 applications from interested people. ...

New Fort Scott Chamber president sees city's potential (03/20/08)
Fort Scott is a community with the potential to grow and prosper, according to new Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Vicki Pritchett. "The image I'd love for people to have of Fort Scott is that it's a progressive community, proud of its heritage and looking to retain its character as it grows to become a community for the future," Pritchett told The Fort Scott Tribune during a recent interview...

'Pennies for the Park' takes up record-seeking fundraiser (03/19/08)
We find them on the street, throw them in a dish on our nightstand and lose them in couch cushions. Pennies; small, round, copper circles that do not seem to amount to much. One committee in Fort Scott thinks differently. This team is banking on the power of the penny and the community...

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...

Glance of area's Jewish history offered at local exhibit (03/19/08)
Beginning Thursday, local residents will be able to learn more about the Jewish history of Bourbon County thanks to the efforts of several area students, one Fort Scott resident, and a local educational organization. Staff at the Lowell Milken Center, 4 S. ...