Stories from Thursday, May 3, 2007

Despite not yet being Project 25 compliant, Bourbon County's communication system is capable of handling a low-to-mid-scale emergency. However, Bourbon County Emergency Manager Laura Hyer said, the county is still looking at ways to improve its communication, which includes eventually switching to the P25-compliant digital communications system. ...

A group of 11 Uniontown Junior Senior High School students are headed to the National History Day Championships after winning at the state level last month. More than 50 Uniontown residents attended the Kansas State History Day Championships on April 28 at Washburn University in Topeka. Parents, students, friends and family members enjoyed the highly competitive Kansas History Day event, according to a statement from UJSHS social science instructors Norm Conard and Sara Jackman...

Richard Allen Wilson, 71, retired in 1995 from Defense Contact Audit Agency, U.S. Government, passed away May 1, 2007.  He was born December 23, 1935, to Earl and Ruth Wilson in Uniontown, Kan.  He graduated Uniontown High School in 1953 and Wichita State University in 1972.  He served in U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1958.  Funeral services are 10 a.m. Saturday, May 5, 2007, at Resthaven Mortuary. ...

BENTLEY-- Hayden Earl Bruce Bentley, a boy, was born at 10:14 a.m., Tuesday, May 1, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Jason and Kelsey Bentley. He weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces at birth. He joins one sibling Hunter Alen Lee Bentley. Maternal grandparents are Sandra and Alan Garver, Monett, Mo. ...

BLUBAUGH -- Max David Blubaugh, a boy, was born at 4:47 p.m., Friday, April 27, 2007, to parents Brad and Bethany Blubaugh of Fort Scott. He weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces at birth and was 20 inches long. Grandparents are Mark and Brenda Tucker and David and Sheila Blubaugh, all of Fort Scott. Great-grandparents are the Rev. and Mrs. David Tucker, Fort Scott, and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fursman, Colony...

Two Linn County fugitives and the prisoner they helped escape from custody more than a week ago are expected to be transported back to Linn County on Thursday. Neosho Police Department (Mo.) arrested Bobby L. Crowder, Rebecca Darnell, and Melissa Crowder shortly before 4 p.m. Monday. The three were hiding inside a house on the 600 block of Young Street in Neosho, Mo., Det. Jason Baird said...

A Wichita man fought off an attack from a suspect he said tried to rob him late Tuesday at a local motel. Shortly before 10 p.m., Fort Scott Police responded to 1st Interstate Inn, 2222 Main St. Officers took a criminal report from 39-year-old Ryan Leer, who was staying at the motel...