Stories from Monday, February 12, 2007

On Tuesday, members of the USD 234 Board of Education negotiations team and member teachers of the Fort Scott Chapter of the Kansas National Education Association (KNEA) will meet to discuss the items they intend to negotiate for the 2007-08 school year. At the same time, the two sides may be able to finally resolve the ongoing contract dispute for the 2006-07 year...

High school students who participate in clubs, sports, and other activities outside the classroom tend to perform better academically than other students, Uniontown Junior Senior High School Principal Tracy Smith said. Students involved in these types of after-school activities typically learn a set of valuable traits and learning techniques they can use in the classroom, Smith said...

Judge Rebecca Stephan heard enough cause on Friday to bind a Fort Scott man over on charges alleging he threatened to kill his fiance by placing a kitchen knife to her face. Bruce A. Rogers, 45, was bound over for trial on felony charges of attempted second-degree murder, criminal threat, arson, criminal restraint, domestic battery and pedestrian under the influence...

Bessie Loral Adamson, age 91, resident of Cavalry Crossing Apartments, Fort Scott, died Saturday, February 10, 2007, at Fort Scott Manor. She was born November 22, 1915, in Rich Hill, Missouri, the daughter of Fred Lyons and Nannie Brown Lyons. Bessie was a 1936 graduate of Fulton High School. ...

John Keith Miller, age 78, of Kincaid, died Sunday, February 11, 2007, at the Golden Living Center in Pittsburg. He was born in Blue Mound on June 8, 1928, the son of Lee Roy and Melinda Fetters Miller. He graduated from Blue Mound High School in the class of 1946. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) At the sheriff's sale yesterday when the Chambers estate was knocked down to the highest bidder there arose a controversy between C.E. Hulett and J.H. Crain over a bid. Mr. Hulett offered a bid and was accepted and Mr. Crain raised it $100. It will probably be taken into court, where an attempt will be made to have the sale set aide...

Sometimes winning isn't about as many points as a team can score as much as it's about how many points a team can prevent from being scored. Independence's control of the boards and its ability to keep Fort Scott Community College's scorers, for the most part, in check allowed the Pirates to leave Arnold Arena Saturday with a 57-49 victory in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play...

Fort Scott Community College's women avenged one of their three Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division losses by drubbing Independence, 68-44, at Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon. In the January meeting at Independence, the Pirates won 66-60 by using a 19-0 second-half run to overcome a 44-33 deficit with 15:25 to go...