Stories from Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Salvage of remaining facade elements also suggested

The area men and women who worked for The Western Insurance Company in Fort Scott are finally going to get the recognition they deserve. These former employees will have a wall built in their honor inside the new $7 million Danny and Willa Ellis Fine Arts Center that begins construction later this year. This donation to the fine arts center is greatly appreciated by the FSCC campus, an FSCC statement said...

Al Whiteside passed away on Friday, April 20, 2007, at the Peaks Senior Living Community in Flagstaff, Arizona, at the age of 84. Mr. Whiteside was born in Fort Scott to Mabel and William Whiteside and had eight brothers and sisters. His family ran the Whiteside Grocery Store. After attending Community College in Fort Scott, he moved to Washington, D.C. to work in the civil service...

MOUND CITY -- A Linn County man on Monday escaped from custody by fleeing from a correctional officer to a waiting car officials suspected was driven by his mother. Shortly before 1 p.m., a Linn County correctional officer attempted to load Bobby L. ...

Kansas students from preschool to college age and beyond are expected to benefit from the budget signed recently by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. The budget is designed to keep the promise to K-12 schools made in last year's historic school funding bill. It also should expand opportunities for children to enter Early Head Start before going to kindergarten and to obtain further education beyond high school...

The first game of Fort Scott High School's baseball doubleheader with Parsons was moving along nicely Tuesday afternoon at Ty Cullor Field. Down the hill at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex, Fort Scott Community College's softball team was playing the fifth inning of the second game of a doubleheader with Coffeyville...

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100 YEARS AGO (1907) "While we are not having any more trouble than in past years concerning keeping children in school," said Superintendent Bowen, "I can't see that the compulsory educational law as it was amended by the legislature will help the cause any, no matter how diligently the officers work." Parents are too free in endowing their children with excuses. ...

Tribune Staff Report This week members of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Fort Scott are joining forces in hopes of hosting a Mega Sale, Friday and Saturday, April 2728 to raise funds for new and innovative technology for St. Mary's School. Because the school's gym was damaged by snow, the sale is being held at the home of a school family at 1119 Burke Street. ...

Tribune Staff Report The City of Fort Scott will provide residents a one-time only chance to get rid of unwanted trash during its annual Spring Cleanup program in May. Residents who live south of Sixth Street are asked to place their discarded items at the curb from May 2 through May 6. No items should be placed at the curb after May 6. Public Works crews will begin collecting the items on May 7...

The Klan targets immigrants in Southeast Kansas By Fred Campbell Jr. Special to The Tribune Editor's note: This historical article is the second in a four-part series by local historian and retired educator Fred Campbell Jr. Future articles in the series will be published as space is available...