Stories from Thursday, January 14, 2010

U.S. 69 study crosses the finish line (01/14/10)
The finish line was crossed Thursday evening as the community was given the final presentation of the U.S. Highway 69 Corridor Study. In a process which began in Sept. 2006 when the City of Fort Scott asked the Kansas Department of Transportation to perform a corridor study, there is now a plan for the future of U.S. Hwy. 69 in Fort Scott and Bourbon County as it gains more attention across the state...

Locals willing to help Haiti (01/14/10)
Area residents are showing a willingness to help out following a devastating earthquake that struck the country of Haiti on Tuesday. Whendi Martin, the executive director of the Bourbon County Chapter of the American Red Cross, said she spent much of her time the last couple of days answering telephone calls from local residents who are asking how to make donations to help after the disastrous 7.0-magnitude quake hit the impoverished nation late Tuesday afternoon...

Tri-Valley's annual Big 12 tourney ticket drawing coming up (01/14/10)
Two lucky sports fans may just have the time of their life at the Big 12 basketball game this year. The Retired Senior Volunteer Program, sponsored by Tri-Valley Developmental Services, is sponsoring a drawing to give two people lower level seats at all of the men's games, corporate party passes, and parking passes during the tournament, which is scheduled for March 10-13 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City...

Cool runnings (01/14/10)

Local students perform in Alamo Bowl halftime show (01/14/10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Fort Scott High School senior Torie Simons and junior Hali Eads were part of a 260-member halftime show performance at the Alamo Bowl on January 2. Simons and Eads were both invited to participate in the show and traveled to San Antonio on December 31. The game itself pitted Michigan State and Texas A&M universites, both of which had been embroiled in controversies prior to the game...